Capturing complex 3D tissue physiology in vitro

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-224

  Griffith, Linda G ^a   Swartz, Melody A ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR CELL; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33644529130     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1858     Document Type: Review

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