Immunophilin FK506 loaded in chitosan guide promotes peripheral nerve regeneration

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1333-1337

  Li, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Wei, Guoqiang ^c   Wang, Guanxiong ^d   Zhang, Weiguo ^c   Ma, Xiaojun ^a,b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial nerve; Chitosan; FK506; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NERVES; DEFECT MODEL; DELIVERY DEVICE; FK506; IMMUNOPHILINS; LONG LASTING; MUSCLE ACTION; MYELINATED FIBERS; NERVE REPAIR; NEUROTROPHIC; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PERMEABLE WALL; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; REINNERVATION;

ABERRATIONS; CHITOSAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE;

CHITIN;

CHITOSAN; IMMUNOPHILIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; METABOLISM; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; IMMUNOPHILINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TACROLIMUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955780569     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0287-8     Document Type: Article

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