The influence of fibrous elastomer structure and porosity on matrix organization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Ifkovits, Jamie L ^a   Wu, Katherine ^a   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b   Burdick, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; ELASTOMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GELATIN; GLYCEROL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); POLY(GLYCEROL-SEBACATE); POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; DECANOATES; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; GELATIN; GLYCEROL; MICROSCOPY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78650991991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015717     Document Type: Article

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