Organization of extracellular matrix fibers within polyglycolic acid-polylactic acid scaffolds analyzed using x-ray synchrotron-radiation phase-contrast micro computed tomography

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-411

  Albertini, Gianni ^a,b   Giuliani, Alessandra ^a,b,c   Komlev, Vladimir ^a   Moroncini, Francesca ^a,b   Pugnaloni, Armanda ^a   Pennesi, Giuseppina ^d   Belicchi, Marzia ^e   Rubini, Corrado ^a   Rustichelli, Franco ^a,b,c   Tasso, Roberta ^f   Torrente, Yvan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ancona Unit   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; IRON OXIDES; SCAFFOLDS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIO-SCAFFOLDS; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURFACES; ECM PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-VITRO; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; MATRIX; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE-CONTRAST; POLY GLYCOLIC ACID; POLY LACTIC ACID; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE; X-RAY PHASE; X-RAY SYNCHROTRON; X-RAY SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYME; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449730630     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0270     Document Type: Article

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