Stability of hydrogels used in cell encapsulation: An in vitro comparison of alginate and agarose

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-381

  Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b   Li, Rebecca H ^a   White, Melissa L ^a   Winn, Shelley R ^a  

^a CytoTherapeutics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

agarose; alginate; diffusion; encapsulation; gel strength; hydrogel; stability

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION; ENCAPSULATION; GELATION; GELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; STABILITY;

AGAROSE; ALGINATE; GEL STRENGTH; PORE SIZE;

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; HYDROGEL; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 15844402830     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960520)50:4<374::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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