Mathematical modelling of tissue-engineered angiogenesis

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-120

  Lemon, Greg ^a   Howard, Daniel ^a   Tomlinson, Matthew J ^a   Buttery, Lee D ^a   Rose, Felicity R A J ^a   Waters, Sarah L ^b   King, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiogenesis assay; Chick chorioallantoic membrane; Mathematical model; Ordinary differential equations; Tissue engineering; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENESIS ASSAY; BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; CHICK CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-VIVO; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL SOLUTION; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; PARAMETER VALUES; POROUS SCAFFOLD; SEEDED CELLS; VASCULAR CELLS; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASCULARISATION; VASCULOGENESIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIFURCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPOXIA; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; MACROPHAGES; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PERICYTES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 70349158657     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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