Low-pressure foaming: A novel method for the fabrication of porous scaffolds for tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-121

  Chung, Eun Ji ^a   Sugimoto, Matthew ^a   Koh, Jason L ^b   Ameer, Guillermo A ^a,c,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; FABRICATION; HYDROXYAPATITE; LEACHING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; NUCLEATION; PHOSPHATASES; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; VISCOSITY;

AIR BUBBLES; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; CELL SEEDING; COMPRESSION MODULUS; DRY CONDITION; FABRICATION METHOD; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; HYDROXYAPATITE NANOCRYSTALS; IN-VIVO; INTERCONNECTED PORES; NUCLEATION SITES; OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS; OSTEOCONDUCTIVE; PARTICLE CONTENT; PORE NUCLEATION; POROGEN LEACHING; POROUS SCAFFOLD; PREPOLYMERS; RABBIT MODELS; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE IN-GROWTH; TRABECULAR BONES; VASCULARIZATION; WET CONDITIONS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOMATERIAL; CITRIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(1,8 OCTANEDIOL CITRATE); POLY(1,8-OCTANEDIOL CITRATE); POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRESSURE; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CITRATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURAPATITE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; POROSITY; PRESSURE; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84856178846     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2011.0289     Document Type: Article

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