Microcarriers and their potential in tissue regeneration

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-80

  Martin, Yella ^a   Eldardiri, Mohamed ^a   Lawrence Watt, Diana J ^a   Sharpe, Justin R ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL TYPES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MICROCARRIERS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; VERSATILE TOOLS;

CELL CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; REPAIR; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CULTISPHER G; CYTODEX; DOPAMINE; GELATIN; LEVODOPA; LIVER PROTEIN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIDE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CHONDROGENESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROCARRIER CULTURE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OXYGEN TENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROSPHERES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79251584371     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0559     Document Type: Article

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