Hydrophilicity of polymers and soft tissue responses: A quantitative analysis

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 542-549

  Hunt, J A ^a   Meijs, G ^b   Williams, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrophilicity; Image analysis; Inflammation; Macrophages; MCP 1; Polyurethane; TNF

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; ENZYMES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MUSCLE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYURETHANES;

HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; POLYDECAMETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYHEXAMETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYOCTAMETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYTETRAMETHYLENE OXIDE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROGOL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYMER; POLYOCTAMETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYTETRAMETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYURETHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CYTOKINES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYURETHANES; RATS;

EID: 9844249677     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970915)36:4<542::AID-JBM13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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