Controlled formation of biological tubule systems in extracellular matrix gels in vitro

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1187-1192

  Schumacher, K M ^a   Phua, S C ^a   Schumacher, A ^a   Ying, J Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Controlled formation; ECM gels; Prevascularization; Renal tubules; Tissue engineering; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY TUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 42949089820     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.20     Document Type: Article

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