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Tissue Engineering: A Modular, Hydroxyapatite‐Binding Version of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (Adv. Mater. 48/2010)
Author(s) -
Lee Jae Sung,
Wagoner Johnson Amy J.,
Murphy William L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201090161
Subject(s) - peptide , materials science , tissue engineering , growth factor , vascular endothelial growth factor , microbiology and biotechnology , endothelial stem cell , vascular tissue , biomedical engineering , biophysics , biochemistry , cancer research , vegf receptors , biology , medicine , in vitro , receptor , botany
On p. 5494 , William L. Murphy and co‐workers report on a biomimetic peptide capable of binding hydroxapatite and promoting pro‐angiogenic activity including endothelial cell growth and migration. Such a peptide could form a key material for growing, and healing bone tissue.