Establishment of vessel-like structures in long-term three-dimensional tissue culture of myocardium: An electron microscopy study

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1684-1694

  Watzka, Stefan B C ^a,e   Steiner, Marianne ^b   Samorapoompichit, Puchit ^b   Gross, Karin ^c   Coles, John G ^d   Wolner, Ernst ^a   Weigel, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e F Tappeiner Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CELL CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEMBRANES;

BASAL ZONE; NEWBORN MICE;

TISSUE;

ISOLECTIN I; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 11144220085     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2004.10.1684     Document Type: Article

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