Development and in vivo evaluation of small-diameter vascular grafts engineered by outgrowth endothelial cells and electrospun chitosan/poly(ε- caprolactone) Nanofibrous Scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 79-91

  Zhou, Min ^a   Qiao, Wei ^b   Liu, Zhao ^a   Shang, Tao ^a   Qiao, Tong ^a   Mao, Chun ^c   Liu, Changjian ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GRAFTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENT STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; SMALL-DIAMETER VASCULAR GRAFTS; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT PATENCY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTGROWTH ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CHITOSAN; DOGS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NANOFIBERS; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REGENERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84891118518     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0020     Document Type: Article

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