Cell interactions with biomaterials gradients and arrays

Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 544-553

  Simon Jr , Carl G ^a   Yang, Yanyin ^a   Thomas, Vinoy ^a,b   Dorsey, Shauna M ^a   Morgan, Abby W ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cell adhesion; Cell material interactions; Combinatorial screening; Gradient; Hydrogel; Microarray; Polymer; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SCREENING; DENSITY GRADIENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 67650917127     PISSN: 13862073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138620709788681961     Document Type: Review

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