The rigidity in fibrin gels as a contributing factor to the dynamics of in vitro vascular cord formation

Microvascular Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-190

  Stephanou A ^a   Meskaoui, G ^a   Vailhe B ^a   Tracqui, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary like structures; Cell traction; Fibrin; In vitro angiogenesis; Segmentation; Tension field; Trajectography; Vascular cords

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RIGIDITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 34247133118     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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