Using poly(lactide-co-glycolide) electrospun scaffolds to deliver cultured epithelial cells to the cornea

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-401

  Deshpande, Pallavi ^a   McKean, Rob ^a   Blackwood, Keith A ^a   Senior, Richard A ^a   Ogunbanjo, Adekemi ^a   Ryan, Anthony J ^a   MacNeil, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell carrier; Cornea; Electrospun; Limbal; Poly(lactide co glycolide)

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ELECTROSPINNING; FROZEN SECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; PROCEDURES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYGLACTIN 910; RABBITS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77952249795     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.10.16     Document Type: Article

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