Harnessing developmental processes for vascular engineering and regeneration

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2760-2769

  Park, Kyung Min ^a   Gerecht, Sharon ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Biomaterials; Stem cells; Tissue engineering; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; GELATIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ENGINEERING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOMATERIALS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903954187     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.102194     Document Type: Review

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