The dorsal skinfold chamber: Window into the dynamic interaction of biomaterials with their surrounding host tissue

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-167

  Laschke, M W ^a   Vollmar, B ^a,b   Menger, M D ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Biomaterials; Dorsal skinfold chamber; Implantation; In vivo; Inflammation; Intravital fluorescence microscopy; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BONE PROSTHESIS; DORSAL SKINFOLD CHAMBER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICALLY CREATED STRUCTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INTERACTION; TISSUE REACTION; VASCULARIZATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; HAMSTER; MATERIALS TESTING; MOUSE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RAT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; SURGICAL MESH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84857127791     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v022a12     Document Type: Article

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