Crosslinked collagen hydrogels as corneal implants: Effects of sterically bulky vs. non-bulky carbodiimides as crosslinkers

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7796-7805

  Ahn, Jae Il ^a,b   Kuffova, Lucia ^c   Merrett, Kimberley ^a   Mitra, Debbie ^a   Forrester, John V ^c   Li, Fengfu ^a   Griffith, May ^a,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Chungbuk Technopark   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbodiimides; Collagen; Cornea; Crosslinking; Orthotropic corneal graft

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; GELATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

CARBODIIMIDES; CORNEA; CORNEAL GRAFTS; CORNEAL IMPLANTS; CROSS-LINKED HYDROGELS; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKER; HUMAN CORNEA; ORTHOTROPIC CORNEAL GRAFT; RECOMBINANT HUMAN COLLAGEN;

HYDROGELS;

ATELOCOLLAGEN; CYANAMIDE; N CYCLOHEXYL N' (2 MORPHOLINOETHYL) N CARBODIIMIDE METHO 4 TOLUENESULFONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; HYDROGEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA IMPLANT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS LINKING; GELATION; HYDROGEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

SUS;

ANIMALS; CARBODIIMIDES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891669398     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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