Factors related to contraction and mechanical strength of collagen gels seeded with canine endotenon cells

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 519-525

  Chen, Meng Yi ^a,b   Sun, Yulong ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Zobitz, Mark E ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biocompatibility soft tissue; Biomechanics; Cell culture; Collagen

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; FIBROBLASTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL MODELS; CELL CONCENTRATION; COLLAGEN CONCENTRATION; SOFT TISSUE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRACTION STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DOGS; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; KINETICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547112259     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30757     Document Type: Article

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