Electrical stimulation: A novel tool for tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-57

  Balint, Richard ^a   Cassidy, Nigel J ^b   Cartmell, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MIGRATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULI; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GROWTH FACTOR; HUMAN TISSUES; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NOVEL METHODS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TISSUE LEVELS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

CELL PROLIFERATION; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOMATERIAL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYPYRROLE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE B; RHO FACTOR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANALGESIA; BIOENERGY; BONE GROWTH; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LEVEL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CHRONIC WOUND; DECUBITUS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GALVANOTAXIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ION TRANSPORT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOISTURE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873402366     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0183     Document Type: Review

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