Microstructure and properties of nano-fibrous PCL-b-PLLA scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 18, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-74

  He, Liumin ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^a   Xipeng, Guan ^a   Xie, Gaoyi ^a   Liao, Susan ^b   Quan, Daping ^a   Cai, Daozhang ^a   Lu, Jiang ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Nanofibrous scaffold; PCL b PLLA; Thermally induced phase separation; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA CONTENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GELATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PHENOTYPE; POROSITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 73449089453     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v018a06     Document Type: Article

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