Selective removal of photoreceptor cells in vivo using the biodegradable elastomer poly(glycerol sebacate)

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 17, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1675-1682

  Ghosh, Fredrik ^a   Neeley, William L ^b   Arnér, Karin ^a   Langer, Robert ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CELL DEATH; ELASTOMERS; GLYCEROL; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

BIODEGRADABLE ELASTOMERS; DENDRITIC BRANCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL MARKERS; IN-VIVO; OUTER NUCLEAR LAYERS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); RABBIT EYES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ROD BIPOLAR CELLS; SELECTIVE REMOVAL;

VISION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELASTOMER; GLYCEROL; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); POLY(GLYCEROL-SEBACATE); POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMPLANT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL SEPARATION; DECANOATES; ELASTOMERS; GLYCEROL; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; POLYMERS; RABBITS;

EID: 79959565862     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0450     Document Type: Article

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