Inventors:
Barbara Brodsky - Princeton Junction NJ
Richard A. Berg - Lambertville NJ
Gad Avigad - New York NJ
Eric Eikenberry - Princeton NJ
Manoj Jain - Piscataway NJ
Shizuko Tanaka - Odawane, JP
Assignee:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Newark NJ
International Classification:
C07K 1520
C08L 8906
Abstract:
Stabilized collagen-based matrices are prepared by non-enzymatic glycosylation of native collagen to irreversibly cross-link collagen polypeptide chains. The sugar cross-linking agents, preferably is D-ribose, provide non-immunogenic, non-toxic cross-linked collagen matrices especially useful in clinical and veterinary applications.