The use of microfiber composites of elastin-like protein matrix reinforced with synthetic collagen in the design of vascular grafts

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 7175-7182

  Caves, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Kumar, Vivek A ^a,b   Martinez, Adam W ^a,b   Kim, Jeong ^c   Ripberger, Carrie M ^c   Haller, Carolyn A ^a   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastin; Fiber reinforced composite; Mechanical properties; Recombinant protein; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; BURST STRENGTH; BYPASS GRAFT; CELLULAR BEHAVIORS; ELASTIN; ELASTIN-LIKE PROTEINS; ELASTOMERIC PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IN-VIVO; LOAD-BEARING TISSUES; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; MULTILAMELLAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TISSUE FUNCTION; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRAFTS; MERCURY (METAL); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ELASTOMER; SCLEROPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954386269     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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