Biodegradable polymeric fiber structures in tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-27

  Tuzlakoglu, Kadriye ^a   Reis, Rui L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASED TISSUES; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NEW APPROACHES; POLYMERIC FIBERS; PROGENITOR CELL; RESEARCH DATA; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE CONSTRUCTS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINIC ACID; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; NANOFIBER; POLYMER; BIOMATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CELL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STEM CELL; STENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BONE PROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEART VALVE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CARTILAGE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; POLYMERS; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 65549148590     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0016     Document Type: Article

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