Novel heparin/alginate gel combined with basic fibroblast growth factor promotes nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 661-668

  Ohta, Masayoshi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Chou, Hirotomi ^a   Ishikawa, Namiko ^a   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^a   Tanihara, Masao ^b   Suzuki, Yasuo ^c   Mizushima, Yutaka ^d   Dezawa, Mari ^a   Ide, Chizuka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Artificial nerve; Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); Crosslinked gel; Heparin; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BONE; CROSSLINKING; NEUROLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; REGENERATORS; SCAFFOLDS;

CELLULAR SCAFFOLDS; VASCULARIZATION;

GELS;

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ALGINIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; HEPARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CELLULAR SCAFFOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; DERMIS; DRUG RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GEL; HEPARIN ALGINATE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BUNDLE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPARIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 9644266763     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30194     Document Type: Article

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