The effect of pulsatile loading and scaffold structure for the generation of a medial equivalent tissue engineered vascular graft

BioResearch Open Access

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-239

  Thomas, Lynda V ^a   Nair, Prabha D ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

biomaterials; cardiology; extra cellular matrix; regeneration; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; COLLAGEN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; COPOLYMER; ELASTIN; GELATIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSGELIN; VINYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR SECRETION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 84921961289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21647860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/biores.2013.0003     Document Type: Article

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