Controlling cell position in complex heterotypic 3D microtissues by tissue fusion

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1231-1241

  Rago, Adam P ^a   Dean, Dylan M ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell sorting; Developmental biology; Engulfment; Microtissue; Organ printing; Regenerative medicine; Self assembly; Tissue engineering; Tissue fusion

Indexed keywords

CELL SORTING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENGULFMENT; MICROTISSUE; ORGAN PRINTING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

CELLS; PRINTING; RAT CONTROL; SELF ASSEMBLY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPHEROID CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; COCULTURE; FIBROBLAST; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FIBROBLASTS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; RATS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 60549099921     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22162     Document Type: Article

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