Self-Assembly of Aligned Tissue-Engineered Annulus Fibrosus and Intervertebral Disc Composite Via Collagen Gel Contraction

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1339-1348

  Bowles, Robby D ^a   Williams, Rebecca M ^a   Zipfel, Warren R ^a   Bonassar, Lawrence J ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; GELS; HARMONIC GENERATION; HISTOLOGY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUES; CELLULAR INTERACTION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL ALIGNMENT; COLLAGEN GELS; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY;

TISSUE;

OVIS;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; RATS; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77950803858     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2009.0442     Document Type: Article

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