In vivo study of the biocompatibility of a novel compressed collagen hydrogel scaffold for artificial corneas

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1782-1787

  Xiao, Xianghua ^a,b,c   Pan, Shiyin ^a,b,c   Liu, Xianning ^a,b,c   Zhu, Xiuping ^a,b,c   Connon, Che John ^d   Wu, Jie ^c   Mi, Shengli ^e  

^a Shaanxi Institute of Ophthalmology   (China)

^b Eye Institute of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^c First Hosp of Xi'an Jiaotong Univ   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biocompatibility; collagen hydrogel; corneal tissue engineering; scaffold

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COLLAGEN; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES; COLLAGEN SCAFFOLDS; CORNEAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; HYDROGEL SCAFFOLDS; NEO-VASCULARIZATION; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; POST-OPERATIVE DAYS; TISSUE COMPATIBILITY;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN GEL; PLASTICALLY COMPRESSED COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; HYDROGEL;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLIT LAMP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; MALE; RABBIT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROGELS; MALE; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84899443862     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34848     Document Type: Article

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