The use of injectable spherically symmetric cell aggregates self-assembled in a thermo-responsive hydrogel for enhanced cell transplantation

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 5505-5513

  Lee, Wen Yu ^a   Chang, Yu Hsiang ^a   Yeh, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Chun Hung ^a   Lin, Kurt M ^b   Huang, Chieh Cheng ^a   Chang, Yen ^c   Sung, Hsing Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell aggregate; Cell therapy; Cell transplantation; Intramuscular injection; Mesenchymal stem cell

Indexed keywords

CELL AGGREGATE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT REJECTION; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPHEROCYTES; TEMPERATURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 68549118666     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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