Biomaterials to prevascularize engineered tissues

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-698

  Tian, Lei ^a,b   George, Steven C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural; Prevascularization; Scaffold; Synthetic; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; MACROGOL; MATRIGEL; POLYGLACTIN; SILK FIBRION; STARCH; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 81855207402     PISSN: 19375387     EISSN: 19375395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12265-011-9301-3     Document Type: Review

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