Utility and control of proteoglycans in tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1893-1904

  Ferdous, Zannatul ^a   Grande Allen, K Jane ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN-CHONDROITIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN (GAG); PROTEOGLYCANS;

PROTEINS;

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ENTACTIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; PERLECAN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AB; PROTEOGLYCAN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAUROSPORINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL GROWTH; COMPRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; PROTEOGLYCANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548087565     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.0056     Document Type: Review

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