Effect of matrix nanostructure on the functionality of carbodiimide cross-linked amniotic membranes as limbal epithelial cell scaffolds

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2048-2062

  Lai, Jui Yang ^a   Lue, Shingjiang Jessie ^a   Cheng, Hsiao Yun ^a   Ma, David Hui Kang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biophysical cue; Carbodiimide cross linked amniotic membrane; Limbal epithelial cell cultivation; Matrix nanostructure; Scaffold functionality

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICAL CUE; CELL-BIOMATERIAL INTERACTIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMAN CORNEAL EPITHELIAL CELLS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CYANAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; PROTEIN P63; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT; LIMBAL EPITHELIAL CELL SCAFFOLD; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AMNION; CARBODIIMIDES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MATERIALS TESTING; PREGNANCY; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84888790328     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2013.1734     Document Type: Article

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