Review: Advances in vascular tissue engineering using protein-based biomaterials

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2601-2613

  Stegemann, Jan P ^a   Kaszuba, Stephanie N ^a   Rowe, Shaneen L ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HYDROGELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTEINS;

CELL SOURCING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DECELLULARIZED NATIVE TISSUES; VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; FIBRIN; PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

BLOOD VESSEL; CELL POPULATION; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR TISSUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROTEINS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35948929397     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2007.0196     Document Type: Review

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