Regeneration of functional nerves within full thickness collagen-phosphorylcholine corneal substitute implants in guinea pigs

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2770-2778

  McLaughlin, Christopher R ^a,b   Acosta, M Carmen ^c   Luna, Carolina ^c   Liu, Wenguang ^d   Belmonte, Carlos ^c   Griffith, M ^a,b   Gallar, Juana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collagen structure; Cornea; Nerve regeneration; Ophthalmology; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

2-METHACRYLOYLOXYETHYL PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; AMINOPROPYL; BIOMICROSCOPY; CARBODIIMIDES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CORNEAL CELLS; CROSSLINKED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; EX-VIVO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GUINEA PIGS; HOST TISSUES; IN-CONTROL; MODEL SYSTEM; N-HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE; NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TERMINALS; OPTICAL CLARITY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SENSITIVE UNIT; TEAR FILMS; TYPE I COLLAGEN;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN;

2 METHACRYLOYLOXYETHYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATOPLASTY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CHICK EMBRYO; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHACRYLATES; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTORS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA;

CAVIA; SUS;

EID: 75149198618     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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