A novel single-step self-assembly approach for the fabrication of tissue-engineered vascular constructs

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1737-1747

  Gauvin, Robert ^a   Ahsan, Taby ^b   Larouche, Danielle ^a   Lévesque, Philippe ^a   Dubé, Jean ^a   Auger, François A ^a   Nerem, Robert M ^c   Germain, Lucie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; FIBROBLASTS; GRAFTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ARTERIAL GRAFTS; BURST PRESSURES; CELL TYPES; CULTURE DISHES; DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; FABRICATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE; L-ASCORBATE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE-STEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS; SUB-OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; SYNTHETIC GRAFTS; TISSUE SHEETS; TWO LAYERS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING; VASCULAR CONSTRUCT; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC MODULI;

BIOMECHANICS;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77953826448     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2009.0313     Document Type: Article

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