Polysaccharide-based strategies for heart tissue engineering

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 267-277

  Silva, Amanda K A ^a,b   Juenet, Maya ^b,c   Meddahi Pellé, Anne ^b,c   Letourneur, Didier ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac patch; Heart tissue engineering; Polysaccharides; Scaffolds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HEART; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC PATCH; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; HEART TISSUES; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; IN-VITRO; LIVING SYSTEMS;

TISSUE;

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HEART; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HEART; POLYSACCHARIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84910668716     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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