Microfabrication of fractal polymeric structures for capillary morphogenesis: Applications in therapeutic angiogenesis and in the engineering of vascularized tissue

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-468

  Bianchi, F ^a,b   Rosi, M ^a   Vozzi, G ^a   Emanueli, C ^c   Madeddu, P ^c,d   Ahluwalia, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary; Microfabrication; Therapeutic angiogenesis; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FRACTALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CAPILLARY NETWORKS; FRACTAL ALGORITHMS; MICROFABRICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLDS;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; KALLIKREIN;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL INTERACTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPILLARIES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FRACTALS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE KALLIKREINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34247577470     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30685     Document Type: Article

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