The influence of hydrogel modulus on the proliferation and differentiation of encapsulated neural stem cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 4695-4699

  Banerjee, Akhilesh ^a   Arha, Manish ^a   Choudhary, Soumitra ^b   Ashton, Randolph S ^c   Bhatia, Surita R ^b   Schaffer, David V ^c   Kane, Ravi S ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Differentiation; Hydrogel; Modulus; Proliferation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE HYDROGELS; BRAIN TISSUE; DIFFERENTIATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MODULUS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURONAL MARKERS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROLIFERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL; STEM CELLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLDS;

ALGINATE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; BETA TUBULIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROGEL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TUBULIN;

EID: 67651154119     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.05.050     Document Type: Article

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