Biocomposites reinforced by fibers or tubes as scaffolds for tissue engineering or regenerative medicine

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1580-1594

  Li, Xiaoming ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Fan, Yubo ^a   Feng, Qingling ^b   Cui, Fu Zhai ^b   Watari, Fumio ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fiber; regenerative medicine; reinforce; scaffold; tissue engineering; tube

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBING;

CELLULAR ACTIVITIES; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REINFORCE; REINFORCED SCAFFOLDS; REINFORCING AGENT; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALGINIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIGLYCAN; BONE SIALOPROTEIN; CHITIN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DECORIN; DIMETICONE; INTEGRIN; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEONECTIN; OSTEOPONTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OSTERIX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBER; FREEZE DRYING; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOTUBE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; POROSITY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REPAIR; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84897114349     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34801     Document Type: Review

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