Improvement of cell infiltration in electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds for the construction of vascular grafts

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1588-1598

  Wang, Kai ^a   Zhu, Meifeng ^a   Li, Ting ^a   Zheng, Wenting ^a   Li, Li ^b   Xu, Mian ^b   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Kong, Deling ^a   Wang, Lianyong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular infiltration; Electrospinning; Electrospraying; PCL; Pore size; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSPINNING; GRAFTS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PORE SIZE;

CELLULAR INFILTRATION; COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS; ELECTROSPRAYING; PCL; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); POLYCAPROLACTONE SCAFFOLDS; REGENERATION MEDICINE; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

MACROGOL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPRAY; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIH 3T3 CELLS; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84899680534     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2014.1849     Document Type: Article

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