3D multi-channel bi-functionalized silk electrospun conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-55

  Dinis, T M ^a,b   Elia, R ^b   Vidal, G ^a   Dermigny, Q ^a   Denoeud, C ^a   Kaplan, D L ^b   Egles, C ^a,c   Marin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Biomechanics; Electrospinning; Nerve regeneration; Silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSPINNING; SILK;

ELECTROSPUNS; FUNCTIONALIZED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NANOFIBER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SILK; SILK FIBROIN; BIOMATERIAL; FIBROIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL MULTI CHANNEL BIFUNCTIONALIZED SILK ELECTROSPUN CONDUIT; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

FIBERS; SILK;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTRICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROINS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84908253586     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.09.029     Document Type: Article

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