Use of tissue-engineered nerve grafts consisting of a chitosan/poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid)-based scaffold included with bone marrow mesenchymal cells for bridging 50-mm dog sciatic nerve gaps

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3779-3790

  Ding, Fei ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Yang, Yumin ^a   Hu, Wen ^a   Zhu, Qi ^a   Tang, Xin ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Gu, Xiaosong ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOWCHARTING; GRAFTS; MUSCLE; SCAFFOLDS;

BONE MARROW; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; GOLD STANDARDS; MESENCHYMAL CELLS; NERVE AUTOGRAFT; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE TISSUE; NOVEL DESIGN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCIATIC NERVES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CHITOSAN; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHITOSAN; DOGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACID; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78650042623     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0299     Document Type: Article

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