Injectable silk-based biomaterials for cervical tissue augmentation: An in vitro study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 118.e1-118.e9

  Brown, Joseph E ^a   Partlow, Benjamin P ^a   Berman, Alison M ^a   House, Michael D ^b   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical shortening; cervical tissue bulking; hydrogels; preterm birth; silk protein

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; PROTEINASE; SILK; SILK FIBROIN; BIOPOLYMER; FIBROIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROGEL; PRONASE; SILK-LIKE PROTEIN POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERVICAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INJECTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROINS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRONASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 84955512498     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.046     Document Type: Article

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