Fine-tuning of a three-dimensional microcarrier-based angiogenesis assay for the analysis of endothelial-mesenchymal cell co-cultures in fibrin and collagen gels

Angiogenesis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 111-125

  Dietrich, Franziska ^a,b   Lelkes, Peter I ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Co culture; Collagen gel; Endothelial cells; Fibrin gel; Fibroblast cells; Microcarrier; Serum concentration; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; FIBRIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRESS; CELL TYPE; CELL WALL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPROUT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBRIN; GELS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SERUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 33846921264     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-006-9037-x     Document Type: Article

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