Electrospun materials as potential platforms for bone tissue engineering

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1065-1083

  Jang, Jun Hyeog ^c   Castano, Oscar ^d,e   Kim, Hae Won ^a,b,e  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b WCU Research Center   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^e BK21 Plus NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D scaffolding; Biomimetic matrix; Bone bioactivity; Bone tissue engineering; Electrospun nanofiber

Indexed keywords

3D SCAFFOLDING; BIOMIMETIC MATRIX; BONE RECONSTRUCTION; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; DEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DRUG ENCAPSULATION; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUN MATERIALS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; INORGANICS; NOVEL MATERIALS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESSING TOOLS; PROTEINS/PEPTIDES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS; TISSUE CONSTRUCTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; BONE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENCAPSULATION; ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; NANOFIBERS; OSTEOBLASTS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; HYDROXYAPATITE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOCARRIER; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CELL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENCAPSULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCLASTS; OSTEOGENESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349840761     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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