Ultrathin chitosan-poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel films for corneal tissue engineering

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6594-6605

  Ozcelik, Berkay ^a   Brown, Karl D ^b   Blencowe, Anton ^a   Daniell, Mark ^b   Stevens, Geoff W ^a   Qiao, Greg G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Corneal endothelium; Hydrogel; Tissue engineering; Ultrathin film

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CHITOSAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROGELS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLYOLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; ENDOTHELIAL CELL CULTURES; HIGH DEMAND; HYDROGEL FILMS; PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS; ULTRA-THIN;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

CHITOSAN; CYSTAMINE; LYSOZYME; MACROGOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FILM; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THICKNESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84879890433     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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