Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 986-992

  Nerurkar, Nandan L ^a   Baker, Brendon M ^a   Sen, Sounok ^a   Wible, Emily E ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a   Mauck, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; LAMINATES; NANOFIBERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERED TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCE; LOAD-BEARING TISSUES; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

TISSUE;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70450253864     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2558     Document Type: Article

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