Genipin crosslinking elevates the strength of electrochemically aligned collagen to the level of tendons

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-189

  Alfredo Uquillas, Jorge ^a   Kishore, Vipuil ^b   Akkus, Ozan ^b,c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Electrochemically aligned collagen; Human mesenchymal stem cell mechanical properties; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-LINKING DEGREE; CROSSLINKED; GENIPIN; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TENDON TISSUES; TISSUE MIMIC; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRESS;

COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; ETHANOL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ALCOHOL; COLLAGEN; GENIPIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; IRIDOIDS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870197482     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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