Structural characterization and cell response evaluation of electrospun PCL membranes: Micrometric versus submicrometric fibers

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1028-1039

  Del Gaudio, Costantino ^a,b   Bianco, Alessandra ^a   Folin, Marcella ^c   Baiguera, Silvia ^c   Grigioni, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric cell substrate impedance sensing (ECIS); Electrospinning; HUVEC; Morphological study; Poly( cap rolactone) (PCL); Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS; CAPROLACTONE; CELL COLONIZATION; CELL RESPONSE; CELL SUBSTRATES; ELECTRIC CELL-SUBSTRATE IMPEDANCE SENSING (ECIS); ELECTROSPUN; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; FIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUVEC; IN-VITRO; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NON-WOVEN; POLYMERIC FIBERS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE MODULI; TETRA-HYDROFURAN; ULTIMATE STRAIN; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRESS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ADHESION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; SENSORS; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YIELD STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

CHLOROFORM; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UMBILICAL VEIN;

CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 66249121716     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32048     Document Type: Article

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