Influence of channel width on alignment of smooth muscle cells by high-aspect-ratio microfabricated elastomeric cell culture scaffolds

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-114

  Glawe, John D ^a   Hill, Jason B ^b   Mills, David K ^b   McShane, Michael J ^a,c  

^a Louisiana Tech University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Layer by layer self assembly; Microchannels; Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS); Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CELL ALIGNMENT; CELL ORGANIZATION; MICROCHANNELS; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE) (PDMS); SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

MUSCLE;

DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONES; SOFTWARE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 24744448452     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30403     Document Type: Article

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