In-vivo performance of high-density collagen gel tubes for urethral regeneration in a rabbit model

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 7447-7455

  Micol, Lionel A ^a   Arenas da Silva, Luis F ^b   Geutjes, Paul J ^b   Oosterwijk, Egbert ^b   Hubbell, Jeffrey A ^a   Feitz, Wout F J ^b   Frey, Peter ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collagen; Hydrogel; In vivo test; Smooth muscle cell; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR GRAFTS; AUTOLOGOUS TISSUE; COLLAGEN GELS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO TESTS; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; RABBIT MODELS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; TISSUE-ENGINEERED GRAFTS; URINARY TRACT; UROTHELIUM;

CATHETERS; CELLS; COLLAGEN; HYDROGELS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

GRAFTS;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN GEL; HIGH DENSITY COLLAGEN GEL TUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GRAFT; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URETHRA STENOSIS; URETHRAL CATHETER; URETHROGRAPHY; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; GELS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; RABBITS; RATS; REGENERATION; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84865001318     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.087     Document Type: Article

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