Photo-crosslinked poly(ε-caprolactone fumarate) networks for guided peripheral nerve regeneration: Material properties and preliminary biological evaluations

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1531-1542

  Wang, Shanfeng ^a   Yaszemski, Michael J ^b,c   Knight, Andrew M ^b   Gruetzmacher, James A ^b   Windebank, Anthony J ^b   Lu, Lichun ^b,c  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell responses; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Photo crosslinking; Poly( caprolactone fumarate)

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; NEURONS; SOLUTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION; CELL RESPONSE; CROSSLINKED; FUMARATES; MATERIALS DESIGN; NERVE CONDUITS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PHOTO-CROSS-LINKINGS; POLY(Ε CAPROLACTONE); POLY(Ε-CAPROLACTONE FUMARATE);

SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BIOMATERIAL; POLY(EPSILON CAPROLACTONE FUMARATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; FLOW KINETICS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

RATTUS;

EID: 65349149957     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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