Computational model of the in vivo development of a tissue engineered vein from an implanted polymeric construct

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2080-2087

  Miller, K S ^a   Lee, Y U ^b   Naito, Y ^c   Breuer, C K ^b   Humphrey, J D ^a,c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained mixture theory; Inflammation; Interposition graft; Mechanosensing; Mouse model; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES; INFLAMMATION; MECHANOSENSING; MICROSTRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; MIXTURE THEORY; MOUSE MODELS; VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TISSUE;

POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSTRAINED MIXTURE THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VEIN; VEIN GRAFT;

CONSTRAINED MIXTURE THEORY; INFLAMMATION; INTERPOSITION GRAFT; MECHANOSENSING; MOUSE MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICE; MICE, SCID; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POLYMERS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84901608624     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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