Elastin-like protein matrix reinforced with collagen microfibers for soft tissue repair

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5371-5379

  Caves, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Cui, Wanxing ^c   Wen, Jing ^c   Kumar, Vivek A ^b   Haller, Carolyn A ^a   Chaikof, Elliot L ^a,b,c,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Emory University   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastin; Fiber reinforced composite; Mechanical properties; Recombinant protein; Surgical mesh

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN CONTENT; COMPOSITE PATCHES; COMPOSITE SHEETS; CONTROLLED ORIENTATION; ELASTIN; ELASTIN-LIKE PROTEINS; ELASTOMERIC MATRICES; ELONGATION TO BREAK; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; HUMAN TISSUES; MATRIX; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; MULTILAMELLAR; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOFT TISSUE; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; SURGICAL MESHES; TISSUE FORMATION; URINARY BLADDER; VENTRAL HERNIA; WISTAR RAT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REPAIR; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79956302282     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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