Influence of matrix processing on the optical and biomechanical properties of a corneal stroma equivalent

Tissue Engineering - Part A.

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Crabb, Rachael A B ^a   Hubel, Allison ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; FIBROBLASTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CORNEAL STROMA; MATRIX PROCESSING; MICROGROOVED FILMS; STROMAL FIBROBLASTS; TROPOCOLLAGEN;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; GLUCOSE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TROPOCOLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; FIBROBLAST; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; STROMA CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN TISSUE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; STROMAL CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOCOLLAGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 38349193394     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.a.2007.0139     Document Type: Article

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