Novel chitosan-polycaprolactone blends as potential scaffold and carrier for corneal endothelial transplantation

Molecular Vision

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-264

  Wang, Tsung Jen ^a,b,c,d   Wang, I Jong ^d   Lu, Jui Nan ^c   Young, Tai Horng ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYESTERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84863058402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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