Regeneration and repair of tendon and ligament tissue using collagen fibre biomaterials

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3237-3247

  Kew, S J ^a   Gwynne, J H ^b   Enea, D ^b   Abu Rub, M ^c   Pandit, A ^c   Zeugolis, D ^c   Brooks, R A ^b   Rushton, N ^b   Best, S M ^b   Cameron, R E ^b  

^a Tigenix Ltd Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collagen fibre; Ligament; Regenerative medicine; Review; Tendon

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLLAGEN FIBRES; HUMAN BODIES; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL LOADS; RECENT RESEARCHES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; TYPE I COLLAGEN; TYPE-I COLLAGEN;

TENDONS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRID; LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON REGENERATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 79960979923     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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