Transition of mechanical property of porous alginate scaffold with cells during culture period

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-129

  Sakai, Shinji ^a   Masuhara, Hiroki ^a   Yamada, Yusuke ^a   Ono, Tsutomu ^a   Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawakami, Koei ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cell culture; Scaffold; Sponge; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CELL MEMBRANES; CROSSLINKING; GELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTEINS; REDUCTION;

ALGINATE; SCAFFOLD; SPONGE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ALGINATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBROBLAST; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644519236     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.100.127     Document Type: Article

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