Biodegradable electrospun scaffolds for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering: Effect of scaffold structure and composition on annulus fibrosus cells in vitro

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 672-682

  Wismer, Nadine ^a,b   Grad, Sibylle ^a   Fortunato, Giuseppino ^c   Ferguson, Stephen J ^b   Alini, Mauro ^a   Eglin, David ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratory for Protection and Physiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; ESTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; MATRIX GENE EXPRESSIONS; POLYMER COMPOSITION; SCAFFOLD STRUCTURES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WATER;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84894178766     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0679     Document Type: Article

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