Development of porous PEG hydrogels that enable efficient, uniform cell-seeding and permit early neural process extension

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1884-1897

  Namba, R M ^a   Cole, A A ^a   Bjugstad, K B ^b   Mahoney, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cell encapsulation; Cell morphology; Nerve tissue engineering; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; ETHYLENE; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL SEEDING; INTERCONNECTED PORES; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURAL CELLS; NEURAL PROCESS; PRECURSOR CELLS; PROCESS EXTENSIONS; UNIFORM CELLS;

GELS;

FIBRIN; MACROGOL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FATE; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; HYDROGEL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 67349086271     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.01.036     Document Type: Article

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