The Integrated Role of Biomaterials and Stem Cells in Vascular Regeneration

Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 195-223

  Sun, Guoming ^a   Kusuma, Sravanti ^a,b   Gerecht, Sharon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospun Fiber; Endothelial Progenitor Cell; Hyaluronic Acid; Polymeric Scaffold; Vascular Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870579904     PISSN: 18682006     EISSN: 18682014     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8415_2010_9     Document Type: Chapter

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