Photocured biodegradable polymer substrates of varying stiffness and microgroove dimensions for promoting nerve cell guidance and differentiation

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 12557-12568

  Cai, Lei ^a   Zhang, Li ^c   Dong, Jingyan ^c   Wang, Shanfeng ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXONAL GROWTH; CELL GUIDANCE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; CYTOSKELETONS; FEATURE DIMENSIONS; FORSKOLIN; GROOVE DEPTH; GROOVE WIDTH; NERVE CONDUITS; NEURITES; NUMBER-AVERAGE; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHOTO-CROSS-LINKED; POLY(E-CAPROLACTONE); RAT SCHWANN CELL; SCHWANN CELLS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; THRESHOLD SENSITIVITY; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; VARYING STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEURONS;

SUBSTRATES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GLIA; MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; PC12 CELL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYESTERS; RATS; REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84867550227     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302868q     Document Type: Article

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