What we should know before using tissue engineering techniques to repair injured tendons: A developmental biology perspective

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Liu, Chia Feng ^a   Aschbacher Smith, Lindsey ^a   Barthelery, Nicolas J ^a   Dyment, Nathaniel ^b   Butler, David ^b   Wylie, Christopher ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL-BASED; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS; HIERARCHICAL FIBER; IN-VITRO; INSERTION SITE; MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TISSUES; TISSUE ENGINEERS; TISSUE-ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGY; BONE; GENES; REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79958293779     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0662     Document Type: Article

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