In vitro assessment of three dimensional dense chitosan-based structures to be used as bioabsorbable implants

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-425

  Guitian Oliveira, Nuno ^a,b,c   Sirgado, Tatiana ^d   Reis, Luís ^a   Pinto, Luís F V ^b,e   da Silva, Cláudia Lobato ^c,d   Ferreira, Frederico Castelo ^c,d   Rodrigues, Alexandra ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Altakitin SA   (Portugal)

^c IST Tagus Park   (Portugal)

^d Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable implants; Chitosan; Cytotoxicity; Enzymatic degradation; Glycerol; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXICITY; GLYCEROL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOABSORBABLE IMPLANT; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; IN-VITRO;

CHITOSAN;

CHITOSAN; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; PLASTICIZER; WATER; BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELASTICITY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84907964699     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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