The use of natural polymers in tissue engineering: A focus on electrospun extracellular matrix analogues

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 522-553

  Sell, Scott A ^a,b   Wolfe, Patricia S ^a   Garg, Koyal ^a   McCool, Jennifer M ^a   Rodriguez, Isaac A ^a   Bowlin, Gary L ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastin; Electrospinning; Extracellular matrix; Fibrinogen; Natural polymers; Silk fibroin; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR COMPONENTS; CELLULAR PROCESS; ELASTIN; ELECTROSPUNS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMAN BODIES; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; NANO SCALE; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NON-WOVEN; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; WOUND HEALING;

BIOPOLYMERS; COLLAGEN; ELECTROSPINNING; ENGINEERING; GLYCOPROTEINS; SILK; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN; ENGINEERING; FIBROIN; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS; SILK; TISSUE;

EID: 79952843336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2040522     Document Type: Review

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