The regeneration of transected sciatic nerves of adult rats using chitosan nerve conduits seeded with bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 787-796

  Ao, Qiang ^a,b   Fung, Chun Kit ^a   Yat Ping Tsui, Alex ^a   Cai, Sa ^a   Zuo, Huan Cong ^b   Chan, Ying Shing ^a   Kwok Yan Shum, Daisy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Bone marrow stromal cell; Chitosan; Nerve regeneration; Nerve tissue engineering; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELL; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; CRITICAL DEFECTS; GAP LENGTH; GOLD STANDARDS; MYELINATED AXONS; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVES; TRANSPLANTATION THERAPY;

BONE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CYTOLOGY; DEFECTS; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELLS;

CHITOSAN; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78549265105     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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