Three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering applications: Role of porosity and pore size

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 485-502

  Loh, Qiu Li ^a   Choong, Cleo ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INTERCONNECTED PORE NETWORKS; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SCAFFOLDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

APPLICATIONS; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PORE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALGINIC ACID; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGENASE; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GRAPHENE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MACROGOL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NANOFIBER; OVALBUMIN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; SILK FIBROIN; SOLVENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BONE TISSUE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY FLOW POROMETRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FREEZE DRYING; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; GAS FORMING TECHNIQUE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LIQUID DISPLACEMENT METHOD; MATERIAL STATE; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BASED METHOD; PHASE SEPARATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REVIEW; SALT LEACHING; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CELLS; HUMANS; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84887925650     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0437     Document Type: Review

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