Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-470

  Kundu, Banani ^a   Rajkhowa, Rangam ^b   Kundu, Subhas C ^a   Wang, Xungai ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Fibroin; Scaffolds; Silk; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; BLADDER TISSUE; FIBROIN; MAMMALIAN CELLS; SCAFFOLDING MATERIALS; SILK PROTEINS; TEXTILE SECTOR; TISSUE SPECIFICS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; SILK; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BLADDER; BOMBYX MORI; BONE REGENERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CARTILAGE; DIPTERA; EARDRUM; ELASTICITY; EYE; HEART; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIVER REGENERATION; MAMMAL CELL; MEDICAL DEVICE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SCORPION; SKIN; SPIDER; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TENDON; TEXTILE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRACHEA; VASCULAR TISSUE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BOMBYX; FIBROINS; HUMANS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS; SILK; TISSUE;

EID: 84877025483     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.09.043     Document Type: Review

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