Screening of hyaluronic acid-poly(ethylene glycol) composite hydrogels to support intervertebral disc cell biosynthesis using artificial neural network analysis

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3421-3430

  Jeong, Claire G ^a   Francisco, Aubrey T ^a   Niu, Zhenbin ^b   Mancino, Robert L ^a   Craig, Stephen L ^b   Setton, Lori A ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Artificial neural network; Hyaluronic acid poly(ethylene glycol) composite hydrogels; Intervertebral disc; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYOLS; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; CELL DELIVERY; COMPOSITE HYDROGELS; DISK CELLS; HYALURONIC ACID-POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) COMPOSITE HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATRIX SYNTHESIS; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; SOFT TISSUE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

GELATIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROGEL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGELS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MATERIALS TESTING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SWINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903698689     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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