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Bacterial Cellulose
authors.also.acknowledge.the.publishers.of.Elsevier.and.John.Wiley.&.Sons.
for.kindly.authorizing.the.reproduction.of.images.published.in.their.journals.
References
Alvarez,.O..M.,.M..Patel,.J..Booker,.and.L..Markowitz..2004..Effectiveness.of.a.biocellulose.wound.dressing.for.the.treatment.of.chronic.venous.leg.ulcers:.results.
of.a.single.center.randomized.study.involving.24.patients..Wounds.16:224–233.
Andrade,.F..K.,.R..Costa,.L..Domingues,.R..Soares,.and.M..Gama..2010..Improving.bacterial.cellulose.for.blood.vessel.replacement:.functionalization.with.a.. chimeric.
protein. containing. a. cellulose-binding. module. and. an. adhesion. . peptide.. Acta
Biomater..6:4034–4041.
Andrade,. F.. K.,. S.. M.. Moreira,. L.. Domingues,. and. F.. M.. Gama.. 2009.. Improving.
the. affinity. of. fibroblasts. for. bacterial. cellulose. using. carbohydrate-binding.
modules. .fused.to.RGD..J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A.92A:9–17.
Andrade,.F..K.,.J..P..Silva,.M..Carvalho,.E..M..S..Coutinho,.R..Soares,.and.F..M..Gama..
2011..Studies.on.the.hemocompatibility.of.bacterial.cellulose..J. Biomed. Mater.
Res. A.98:554–566.
Bodin,.A.,. L..Ahrenstedt,. H.. Fink,. H.. Brumer,. B.. Risberg,. and. P.. Gatenholm.. 2007..
Modification. of. nanocellulose. with. a. xyloglucan-RGD. conjugate. enhances.
adhesion.and.proliferation.of.endothelial.cells:.implications.for.tissue.engineering..Biomacromolecules.8:3697–3704.
Bos,.G..W.,.A..A..Poot,.T..Beugeling,.W..G..van.Aken,.and.J..Feijen..1998..Small-diameter.
vascular.graft.prostheses:.current.status..Arch. Physiol. Biochem..106:100–115.
Cagri,.A.,.Z..Ustunol,.and.E..T..Ryser..2004..Antimicrobial.edible.films.and.coatings..
J. Food Protect..67:833–848.
Cai,. Z.,. H.-J.. Jin,. and. J.. Kim.. 2009.. Chitosan. blended. bacterial. cellulose. as. a. smart.
material.for.biomedical.application..Proc. SPIE.7291:72910U.1–72.
Choi,.Y.-J.,.Y..Ahn,.M.-S..Kang,.H.-K..Jun,.I..S..Kim,.and.S.-H..Moon..2004..Preparation.
and.characterization.of.acrylic.acid-treated.bacterial.cellulose.cation-exchange.
membrane..J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol..79:79–84.
Chu,.P.,.J..Chen,.L..Wang,.and.N..Huang..2002..Plasma-surface.modification.of.biomaterials..Mater. Sci. Eng. Rep..36:143–206.
Ciechanska,.D..2004..Multifunctional.bacterial.cellulose/chitosan.composite.. materials.
for.medical.applications..Fibres Text. East. Eur..12:69–72.
Conte,. M.. S.. 1998.. The. ideal. small. arterial. substitute:. a. search. for. the. Holy. Grail?.
FASEB J..12:43–45.
Cunha,.A..G.,.C..S..R..Freire,.A..J..D..Silvestre,.C..P..Neto,.A..Gandini,.E..Orblin,.
and. P.. Fardim.. 2007.. Highly. hydrophobic. biopolymers. prepared. by. the.
surface. pentafluorobenzoylation. of. cellulose. substrates.. Biomacromolecules.
8:1347–1352.
Czaja,.W..K.,.D..J..Young,.M..Kawecki,.and.R..M..Brown..2006..The.future.prospects.of.
microbial.cellulose.in.biomedical.applications..Biomacromolecules.8:1–12.
Evans,.B..R.,.H..M..O’Neill,.V..P..Malyvanh,.I..Lee,.and.J..Woodward..2003..Palladiumbacterial.cellulose.membranes.for.fuel.cells..Biosens. Bioelectron..18:917–923.