Development and biocompatibility evaluation of silk fibroin-based nerve grafts for peripheral nerve regeneration

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 19 IFMBE, Issue , 2008, Pages 4-8

  Yang, Yumin ^a   Ding, Fei ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Gu, Xiaosong ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Nerve conduit; Nerve regernation; Schwann cell; Silk fibroin

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMIMETICS; BONE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS;

LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE REGERNATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; SCHWANN CELLS; SILK FIBROIN;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAFTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SILK; TISSUE; VITAMINS;

EID: 78049383755     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79039-6_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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