Cyclically stretching developing tissue in vivo enhances mechanical strength and organization of vascular grafts

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2448-2456

  Stickler, P ^a   De Visscher, G ^b   Mesure, L ^b   Famaey, N ^b   Martin, D ^a   Campbell, J H ^a   Van Oosterwyck, H ^b   Meuris, B ^b   Flameng, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arterial grafts; Cyclic stress; Implantable bioreactor; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAFTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ARTERIAL GRAFTS; CYCLIC STRESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IMPLANTABLE BIOREACTOR; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFTS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS; VASCULAR GRAFTS; VASCULATURE;

TISSUE;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955906265     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.01.041     Document Type: Article

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