Hydrogel for cell housing in the brain and in the spinal cord

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Perale, Giuseppe ^a   Giordano, Carmen ^a   Bianco, Fabio ^b   Rossi, Filippo ^a   Tunesi, Marta ^a   Daniele, Francesco ^a   Crivelli, Filippo ^c   Matteoli, Michela ^d   Masi, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CILEA Segrate   (Italy)

^c Sant'Antonio Abate di Gallarate Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Mesenchymal stem cells; Scaffold; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; FLOWCHARTING; HOUSING; HYDROGELS; MAMMALS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; YIELD STRESS;

CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; INJECTABLES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEURAL CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL-CORD;

CELL CULTURE;

POLYMER;

3D BIOHYBRID CELL/HYDROGEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL THERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAT; SPINAL CORD LESION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

EID: 79955736661     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/IJAO.2011.6488     Document Type: Article

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