The construction of tissue-engineered blood vessels crosslinked with adenosine-loaded chitosan/β-cyclodextrin nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer assembly method

Adv Healthc Mater. 2014 Nov;3(11):1776-81. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201400167. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

Authors

Wen Chen¹, Wen Zeng, Yangxiao Wu, Can Wen, Li Li, Ge Liu, Lei Shen, Mingcan Yang, Ju Tan, Chuhong Zhu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomy, National & Regional Engineering Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Key Lab for Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering of Chongqing, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.

PMID: 24947939
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201400167

No abstract available

Keywords: adenosine; blood vessels; endothelial progenitor cells; layer-by-layer; nanoparticles; tissue engineering.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenosine / administration & dosage*
Animals
Blood Vessels / drug effects*
Chitosan / administration & dosage*
Delayed-Action Preparations / administration & dosage
Endothelial Progenitor Cells / drug effects
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Nanoparticles / administration & dosage*
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Tissue Engineering / methods
beta-Cyclodextrins / administration & dosage*

Substances

Delayed-Action Preparations
beta-Cyclodextrins
chitosan-beta-cyclodextrin
Chitosan
Adenosine