In vitro study of smooth muscle cells on polycaprolactone and collagen nanofibrous matrices

Cell Biology International

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 861-867

  Venugopal, J ^a   Ma, L L ^a   Yong, T ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collagen; Nanofibers; Polycaprolactone; Smooth muscle cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; CORONARY VESSELS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYESTERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 25444518706     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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