A review of structure construction of silk fibroin biomaterials from single structures to multi-level structures

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Qi, Yu ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wei, Kai ^a   Yang, Ya ^a   Zheng, Ru Yue ^a   Kim, Ick Soo ^b   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Silk fibroin; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 14; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 9; CEFTAZIDIME; FORMIC ACID; HEXAFLUORO 2 PROPANOL; HEXAFLUOROACETONE; MACROGOL; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN P25; SERICIN; SILK FIBROIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOPOLYMER; DRUG CARRIER; FIBROIN; NANOMATERIAL; SILK;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAVY CHAIN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIGHT CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ANIMAL; BOMBYX; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BOMBYX; DRUG CARRIERS; FIBROINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROSITY; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 85014524312     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18030237     Document Type: Review

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