Strategies and applications for incorporating physical and chemical signal gradients in tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-366

  Singh, Milind ^a   Berkland, Cory ^a,b   Detamore, Michael S ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MIMETIC; BIOMATERIAL DESIGNS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENTS; EMERGING TRENDS; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; EXTRACELLULAR; GROWTH FACTORS; HETEROGENEOUS TISSUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENINGS; IMPLANT DESIGNS; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL INTEGRITIES; SIGNALING MOLECULES; THREE DIMENSIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERS; TISSUE FORMATIONS; TISSUE INTERFACES; TISSUE REGENERATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONS; WOUND REPAIRS;

ADHESION; APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL ADHESION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GELATIN; MACROGOL; METHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CENTRIFUGATION; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAVITY; HEATING; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OZONOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TENSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WETTABILITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CERAMICS; CHEMOTAXIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REGENERATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56749184061     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0304     Document Type: Review

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