In situ polymerization of tropoelastin in the absence of chemical cross-linking

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-435

  Mithieux, Suzanne M ^a   Tu, Yidong ^a   Korkmaz, Emine ^a   Braet, Filip ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomimetic material; Elasticity; Elastin; Extracellular matrix; Hydrogel; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; COAGULATION; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; GELATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; POLYMERS; SPHERES; TISSUE;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CULTURED CELLS; ELASTIC SCAFFOLDS; ELASTIC STRUCTURES; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN SKIN FIBROBLASTS; IN VITRO; IN VIVO STUDIES; IN-SITU; NEUTRAL PH; SELF-ASSEMBLY; SOL - GELS; TROPOELASTIN;

COLLOIDS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLUTIONS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPOELASTIN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 56449098375     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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