Construction of tissue engineered nerve grafts and their application in peripheral nerve regeneration

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-230

  Gu, Xiaosong ^a   Ding, Fei ^a   Yang, Yumin ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Nerve gap; Neural scaffold; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Support cells; Tissue engineered nerve grafts; Transection injury

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOPOLYMER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHITOSAN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GELATIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; MICROSPHERE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; SILK FIBROIN; BIOMATERIAL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOGRAFT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTROSPINNING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78650590580     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.11.002     Document Type: Review

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