Chemical-physical and in vivo evaluations of a self-assembling amphiphilic peptide as an injectable hydrogel scaffold for biomedical applications

Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Solaro, Roberto ^a   Alderighi, Michele ^a   Barsotti, Maria C ^a   Battisti, Antonella ^a   Cifelli, Mario ^a   Losi, Paola ^b   Di Stefano, Rossella ^a   Ghezzi, Lisa ^a   Tiné, Maria R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

amphiphilic peptide; angiogenesis; endothelial progenitor cells; in vivo model; injectable hydrogel; ischemic tissue; Peptide amphiphile; self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; ANGIOGENESIS; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; IN-VIVO; INJECTABLE HYDROGELS; ISCHEMIC TISSUES; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GELATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDES; POSITIVE IONS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDROGELS;

AMPHOPHILE; DIVALENT CATION;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAPILLARY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBER; GELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; HYPOXEMIA; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIFFUSOMETRY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RAT; RIGIDITY; VISCOMETRY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872475839     PISSN: 08839115     EISSN: 15308030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883911512467222     Document Type: Article

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