Cyclic strain improves strength and function of a collagen-based tissue-engineered vascular media

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3149-3157

  Schutte, Stacey C ^a   Chen, Zhenzhen ^b   Brockbank, Kelvin G M ^a,b   Nerem, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cell and Tissue Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COLLAGEN; COMPACTION; TISSUE;

BYPASS GRAFTING; COLLAGEN CONTENT; CULTURE TIME; CYCLIC STRAIN; ENDOTHELIN-1; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; SILASTIC; TISSUE STRENGTH; TISSUE-ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSELS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

COLLAGEN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COLLAGEN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77957685592     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0009     Document Type: Article

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