Applying elastic fibre biology in vascular tissue engineering

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1484, 2007, Pages 1293-1312

  Kielty, Cay M ^a   Stephan, Simon ^a   Sherratt, Michael J ^a   Williamson, Matthew ^a   Shuttleworth, C Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Elastic fibres; Elastin; Fibrillin; Fibulin; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 34547588687     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2134     Document Type: Review

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