Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 345-351, September 2009

Self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffold promotes the reconstruction of acutely injured brain

  • Jiasong Guo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Ka Kit Gilberto Leung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Huanxing Su, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Qiuju Yuan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Li Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Tak-Ho Chu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Wenming Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Jenny Kan Suen Pu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Gloria Kowk Po Ng, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Wai Man Wong, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Xiang Dai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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  • Wutian Wu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • State Key Laboratory for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Research Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Received 3 June 2008; accepted 6 December 2008. published online 19 December 2008.

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 Financial support was provided by the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Research Grants Council.

PII: S1549-9634(08)00190-1

doi:10.1016/j.nano.2008.12.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 345-351, September 2009

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