Chitin scaffolds in tissue engineering

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1876-1887

  Jayakumar, Rangasamy ^a   Chennazhi, Krishna Prasad ^a   Srinivasan, Sowmya ^a   Nair, Shantikumar V ^a   Furuike, Tetsuya ^b   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Bone; Cartilage; Chitin scaffold; Hydrogel; Tissue engineering; Wound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHITIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BIOMATERIAL;

BONE DEFECT; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING; BONE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CHITIN; HUMANS; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79953328796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12031876     Document Type: Review

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