Physical properties and biocompatibility of a porous chitosan-based fiber-reinforced conduit for nerve regeneration

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1697-1702

  Wang, Aijun ^a   Ao, Qiang ^a   Wei, Yujun ^a   Gong, Kai ^a   Liu, Xuesong ^a   Zhao, Nanming ^a   Gong, Yandao ^a   Zhang, Xiufang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fiber; Nerve conduit; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; NEUROLOGY; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBER REINFORCED CONDUITS; LYOPHILIZATION TECHNIQUES; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE REGENERATION; POROUS CHITOSAN;

CHITIN;

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 34848829824     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9460-0     Document Type: Article

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