Bioresorbable and nonresorbable polymers for bone tissue engineering

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2536-2557

  Molera, Jordi Girones ^a   Mendez, José Alberto ^b   Roman, Julio San ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable polymers; Bone; Polymeric scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

2 (METHACRYLOYLOXY)ETHYL 4 IODOBENZOATE; 2,2 BIS[4(2 HYDROXY 3 METHACRYLOXYPROPOXY) PHENYL] PROPANE; 2,5 DIIODO 8 QUINOLYL METHACRYLATE; 4 DIETHYAMINOBENZYL METHACRYLATE; 4 METHACRYLOYLOXYBENZOIC ACID; ACRYLIC CEMENT; ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHERYL METHACRYLATE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; DEXTRAN; ELASTIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 3 DIETHYLAMINO PROPIONATE METHACRYLATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; EUGENYL METHACRYLATE; FIBRIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MAXON; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHLOROGLUCINOL TRIGLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TISSUE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEL; LEACHING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSSIFICATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862565461     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212800492868     Document Type: Review

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