Electrospun polyurethane vascular grafts: In vitro mechanical behavior and endothelial adhesion molecule expression

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 716-723

  Grasl, Christian ^a,b   Bergmeister, Helga ^a,b   Stoiber, Martin ^a,b   Schima, Heinrich ^a,b   Weigel, Guenter ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Biomechanics; Electrospinning; Endothelial cells; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ADHESION MOLECULES; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; ELECTROSPUNS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FIBER MATRIX; IN-VITRO; INTERLEUKIN-1; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRE-COATING; SELECTINS; SMALL DIAMETER VASCULAR GRAFTS; SMALL-DIAMETER; SYNTHETIC GRAFTS; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAFTS; MOLECULES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; POLYURETHAN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TENSILE STRENGTH; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; E-SELECTIN; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM; GOLD; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 77950270417     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32584     Document Type: Article

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