Synthesis and Characterization of Photo-Cross-Linkable Keratin Hydrogels for Stem Cell Encapsulation

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 398-412

  Barati, Danial ^a   Kader, Safaa ^a,b   Pajoum Shariati, Seyed Ramin ^a   Moeinzadeh, Seyedsina ^a   Sawyer, Roger H ^b   Jabbari, Esmaiel ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COVALENT BONDS; CYTOLOGY; KERATIN; PORE SIZE; SOLUTIONS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

COMPRESSIVE MODULI; CONTROLLABLE DEGRADATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (HMSCS); OXIDATIVE ELIMINATION; PHOTO-CROSS-LINKED; S-ALLYL CYSTEINES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

HYDROGELS;

4 NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AGC PROTEIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE; CYSTEINE; DEHYDROALANINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYDROXYLAMINE; KERATIN; PHALLOIDIN; PHOTOINITIATOR; PROTEIN; SULFIDE; SZP PROTEIN; THIOL GROUP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; HYDROGEL;

ALLYLATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; DNA CONTENT; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEATHER; FREEZE DRYING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHONDROGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROGENESIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; KERATINS; LIGHT; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OSTEOGENESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85012298855     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01493     Document Type: Article

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