Synthetic elastin hydrogels that are coblended with heparin display substantial swelling, increased porosity, and improved cell penetration

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1215-1222

  Tu, Yidong ^a   Mithieux, Suzanne M ^a   Annabi, Nasim ^a   Boughton, Elizabeth A ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

elastin; glycosaminoglycan; tropoelastin

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL BINDING; CELL PENETRATION; COMPRESSION MODULUS; DERMATAN SULFATE; ELASTIC ENERGY LOSS; ELASTIC TISSUES; ELASTIN; ELASTIN HYDROGELS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; HYDROGEL SWELLING; LOW POROSITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STATIC CULTURE; THIN WALLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TROPOELASTIN;

CELL CULTURE; COLD STORAGE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

DERMATAN SULFATE; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; POROSITY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIN; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78449310825     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32950     Document Type: Article

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