Micro- and nano-topography as biomechanical cues for cornea regeneration

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 31 IFMBE, Issue , 2010, Pages 1659-1662

  Yim, E K ^a   Ng, Z J ^a   Teo, K K ^a   Ang, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cell substrate interaction; corneal tissue engineer ing; Nanotopography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL CORNEA; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; CELLULAR BEHAVIORS; CORNEAL TISSUES; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR; FEATURE SIZES; FUNCTIONAL REGENERATION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANO-SCALED STRUCTURES; NANOTOPOGRAPHIES; PROLIFERATION RATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; STROMAL CELLS; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; VITAL SIGNALS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENGINEERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SELF ASSEMBLY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77957992082     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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