Adjusting the chemical and physical properties of hydrogels leads to improved stem cell survival and tissue ingrowth in spinal cord injury reconstruction: A comparative study of four methacrylate hydrogels

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2794-2805

  Hejčl, Aleš ^a,b   Růžička, Jiří ^a,c   Kapcalová, Miroslava ^a   Turnovcová, Karolina ^a,c   Krumbholcová, Eva ^d   Přádný, Martin ^d   Michálek, Jiří ^d   Cihlář, Jiří ^b   Jendelová, Pavla ^a,c   Syková, Eva ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINE; HYDROGELS; MALE; METHACRYLATES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84885146109     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0616     Document Type: Article

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