Enzymatically-modified melt-extruded guides for peripheral nerve repair

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-237

  Chiono, Valeria ^a,b   Ciardelli, G ^a,b   Vozzi, G ^a   Cortez, J ^c   Barbani, N ^a   Gentile, P ^b   Giusti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve repair; Poly( caprolactone); Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSSLINKING; DEPOSITS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; MAINTENANCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MIXING; NEURONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; REPAIR; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE (ATR) SPECTROSCOPY; BINARY BLENDS; CAPROLACTONE (PCL); CHEMICAL IMAGING; CROSSLINKED; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM AND SEM); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FT-IR); FUNCTIONALIZATION; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; IN VITRO CELL TESTS; IN-VITRO; MELT PROCESSING; MIXING TECHNIQUES; NERVE CELLS; NERVE GUIDANCE CHANNELS; NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; POLY L LYSINE (PLL); SOLUTION MIXING; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TRANSGLUTAMINASE (TGASE);

PROTEINS;

GELATIN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID; CATALYSIS; ENZYME; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING; MIXING; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYMATICALLY MODIFIED MELT EXTRUDED GUIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 48049123104     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200700069     Document Type: Article

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