Implantation increases tensile strength and collagen content of self-assembled tendon constructs

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 875-881

  Calve, Sarah ^a   Lytle, Ian F ^a   Grosh, Karl ^a   Brown, David L ^a   Arruda, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Tibialis anterior tendon; Tissue engineered

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMPLANT; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TENDON INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77950575255     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00921.2009     Document Type: Article

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