A biomimetic porous hydrogel of gelatin and glycosaminoglycans cross-linked with transglutaminase and its application in the culture of hepatocytes

Biomedical Materials (Bristol)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  De Colli, M ^a   Massimi, M ^a   Barbetta, A ^b   Di Rosario, B L ^b   Nardecchia, S ^b   Conti Devirgiliis, L ^b   Dentini, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TISSUE;

AMIDE BOND; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BRIDGING UNITS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CONCENTRATED EMULSION; DIPEPTIDE; DISCRETE DROPLETS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEPATOCYTE FUNCTIONS; HEPATOCYTES; HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSIONS; HYALURONIC ACIDS; IN-VITRO; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ORGANIC PHASE; POROUS HYDROGELS; PRIMARY AMINO GROUPS; SOFT TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOPOLYMER; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GELATIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SURFACTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; EMULSION; HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MALE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864754852     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/7/5/055005     Document Type: Article

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