Keratin-based biomaterials for biomedical applications

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 518-530

  Mogoşanu, George Dan ^a   Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai ^b   Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Keratin; Modern systems; Nanobiotechnology; Pharmaceutical technology; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; BIOMATERIAL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CHITOSAN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLLAGEN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 2; CYTOKERATIN 20; DOXORUBICIN; FIBRIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; KERATIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SILK FIBROIN; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TRYPSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMOR GROWTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KERATINS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84898661747     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389450115666140307154143     Document Type: Article

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