Multiscale requirements for bioencapsulation in medicine and biotechnology

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2559-2570

  de Vos, Paul ^a   Bučko, Marek ^b   Gemeiner, Peter ^b   Navrátil, Marián ^d   Švitel, Juraj ^d   Faas, Marijke ^a   Strand, Berit Løkensgard ^c   Skjak Braek, Gudmund ^c   Morch, Yrr A ^c   Vikartovská, Alica ^b   Lacík, Igor ^e   Kolláriková, Gabriela ^e   Orive, Gorka ^f   Poncelet, Dennis ^g   Pedraz, Jose Luis ^f   Ansorge Schumacher, Marion B ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^g Universite de Nantes   (France)

^h TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioartificial pancreas; Biocompatibility; Microbiology; Microencapsulation; Surface analysis; XPS (X ray photoelectron spectroscopy)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES; BIO INDUSTRIES; BIOARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; BIOCAPSULES; BIOENCAPSULATION; CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOMINANT FACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MICROENCAPSULATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICO CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS; TOF-SIMS; XPS (X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY);

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MEMBRANES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ENCAPSULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LABORATORIES; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIFFUSION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUTE; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPSULES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS;

EID: 60849133303     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.01.014     Document Type: Review

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