Biomimetic self-assembling peptides as scaffolds for soft tissue engineering

Nanomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-847

  Maude, Steven ^a   Ingham, Eileen ^a   Aggeli, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coiled coil; extracellular matrix; fiber; hydrogel; nanostructure; peptide; scaffold; self assembly; tissue engineering; sheet

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ; MONOMER; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEPTIDE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84877675234     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.65     Document Type: Review

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