Thymosin β4 coated nanofiber scaffolds for the repair of damaged cardiac tissue

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Patel, Arjun ^a   Duvalsaint, Louise ^a   Desai, Mehir ^a   Marks, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; FTIR; Heart; Polycaprolactone; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC TISSUES; CARDIOMYOCYTES; FTIR; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD; NANOSCAFFOLDS; ROBUST GROWTH;

HEART;

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOFIBERS; POLYESTERS; THYMOSIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84899109100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-12-10     Document Type: Article

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