Perfusion bioreactor: A new pulsatile system for the perfusion of tissue engineered cardiovascular prostheses

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 7-8

  Akra, B ^a   Uhlig, A ^a   Haas, U ^a   Fano, C ^b   Dauner, M ^b   Lohse, P ^a   Gulbins, H ^c   Meiser, B ^a   Eissner, G ^a   Reichart, B ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cardiovascular prosthesis; Cell adhesion; Cytokine expression; Polyurethane scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; CYTOKINE EXPRESSION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTS; PERFUSION BIOREACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; POLYURETHANE SCAFFOLDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 77950102086     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03900-3_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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