Micro-and nanoscale control of the cardiac stem cell niche for tissue fabrication

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-454

  Murtuza, Bari ^a   Nichol, Jason W ^b,c   Khademhosseini, Ali ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SCAFFOLDS; CARDIAC MYOCYTES; CARDIAC TISSUES; CELL DELIVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; IN-VIVO; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CONTROL; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRECISE CONTROL; SCALE RESOLUTION; STEM CELL; STEM-CELL NICHES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE; TISSUE CELLS; TISSUE FABRICATION; TUMORIGENESIS;

BIOLOGY; CELLS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MYOCARDIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 71849102131     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2009.0006     Document Type: Review

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