Sustained growth factor delivery promotes axonal regeneration in long gap peripheral nerve repair

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1263-1275

  Kokai, Lauren E ^a,b   Bourbeau, Dennis ^a,b   Weber, Douglas ^a,b,c   McAtee, Jedidiah ^d   Marra, Kacey G ^a,b,d  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELL CULTURE; DEFECTS; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; REPAIR; TISSUE;

AXONAL DEFECTS; AXONAL REGENERATION; BIOACTIVE PROTEINS; DOUBLE-WALLED; FIBER DENSITY; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GAIT KINEMATICS; GASTROCNEMIUS; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY; HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT ANGLE; LOCALIZED GROWTH; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NEGATIVE CONTROL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REPAIR; NEUROFILAMENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); POLY(LACTIDE); POSITIVE CONTROL GROUP; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVES; TISSUE INTEGRATION; WET WEIGHT;

RATING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; TIME; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; MICROSPHERES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955042524     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0507     Document Type: Article

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