Electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering of vascular grafts

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-25

  Hasan, Anwarul ^a,b   Memic, Adnan ^c   Annabi, Nasim ^a,b   Hossain, Monowar ^d   Paul, Arghya ^a,b   Dokmeci, Mehmet R ^a,b   Dehghani, Fariba ^e   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,f,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Mechanical properties; Tissue engineering; Tubular scaffolds; Vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPOLYMERS; GRAFTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TISSUE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECELLULARIZED TISSUES; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; GROWING DEMAND; IN-VIVO; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFTS; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS; TUBULAR SCAFFOLD; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

BIOPOLYMER; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; GELATIN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TROPOELASTIN;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL TYPE; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELECTROSPINNING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUBULAR SCAFFOLDS; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84888644567     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.022     Document Type: Review

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