A porous photocurable elastomer for cell encapsulation and culture

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 4826-4835

  Gerecht, Sharon ^a,c   Townsend, Seth A ^b   Pressler, Heather ^a   Zhu, Han ^b   Nijst, Christiaan L E ^d   Bruggeman, Joost P ^e   Nichol, Jason W ^a,b   Langer, Robert ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Cell encapsulation; Elastomer; Nerve; Scaffold; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; ENCAPSULATION; POLYMER MATRIX; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

CELL ENCAPSULATION; NERVES; POROUS PHOTOCURABLE ELASTOMERS; STEM CELLS;

ELASTOMERS;

ELASTOMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELASTOMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548043199     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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