Spatially controlled delivery of neurotrophic factors in silk fibroin-based nerve conduits for peripheral nerve repair

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-155

  Lin, Yen Chih ^a   Ramadan, Mostafa ^a   Hronik Tupaj, Marie ^b   Kaplan, David L ^b   Philips, Brian J ^a   Sivak, Wesley ^a   Rubin, J Peter ^a,c,d   Marra, Kacey G ^a,c,d,e  

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

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PA 15260   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GDNF; microspheres; peripheral nerve; silk

Indexed keywords

FIBROIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSPHERE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INJURY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; FIBROINS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79960351787     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182240346     Document Type: Article

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