Biochemical engineering nerve conduits using peptide amphiphiles

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-352

  Tan, Aaron ^a   Rajadas, Jayakumar ^b   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northwick Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemical engineering; Drug delivery; Nerve conduit; Nerve tissue engineering; Peptide amphiphiles

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; BIOARTIFICIAL NERVES; CONTROLLED RELEASE; GOLD STANDARDS; INTRINSIC CAPACITY; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE GRAFTS; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG DELIVERY; SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIALS;

AMPHOPHILE; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILE; POLITEF; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYURETHAN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BETA SHEET; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING NERVE CONDUIT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PEPTIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84867606436     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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