Covalent immobilisation of VEGF on plasma-coated electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 724-733

  Guex, A G ^a,d   Hegemann, D ^a,d   Giraud, M N ^b   Tevaearai, H T ^c,d   Popa, A M ^a,d   Rossi, R M ^a   Fortunato, G ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Cardiology Department of Medicine University of Fribourg ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Plasma polymerization; Tissue engineering; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSPINNING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SUBSTRATES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; COVALENT IMMOBILISATION; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA; SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VEGF;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 ETHYLCARBODIIMIDE; AMIDE; AMINE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE; OXYGEN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COVALENT BOND; ELECTROSPINNING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84915748854     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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