Engineered acellular collagen scaffold for endogenous cell guidance, a novel approach in urethral regeneration

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 208-217

  Pinnagoda, Kalitha ^a,c   Larsson, Hans M ^a,c   Vythilingam, Ganesh ^b,c   Vardar, Elif ^c   Engelhardt, Eva Maria ^c   Thambidorai, Rajendrarao C ^b   Hubbell, Jeffrey A ^c,d   Frey, Peter ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acellular; Collagen; Rabbit; Tissue engineered; Tubular; Urethral graft

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COLLAGEN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE REGENERATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ACELLULAR; BURST PRESSURES; CELL GUIDANCE; COLLAGEN SCAFFOLDS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; LONG TERM STUDY; RABBIT; TISSUE ENGINEERED; TUBULARS; URETHRAL GRAFT;

TISSUE;

ACELLULAR COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCISION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NANOFABRICATION; NEW ZEALAND RABBIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; URETHRA MALFORMATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMPLANT; LEPORIDAE; MATERIALS TESTING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; REGENERATION; SURGERY; URETHRA;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; RABBITS; RATS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHRA;

EID: 84991087302     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.07.033     Document Type: Article

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