A versatile 3D culture model facilitates monitoring of astrocytes undergoing reactive gliosis

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 634-646

  East, Emma ^a   Golding, Jonathan P ^a   Phillips, James B ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D culture model; Aquaporin 4; CNS injury; CSPG; GFAP; Glial scar; TGF 1; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOLAYERS;

3-D CULTURES; 3D CULTURE MODEL; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; CNS INJURIES; CSPG; CULTURE MODELLING; GFAP; GLIAL SCAR; TGFΒ1; VIMENTIN;

REPAIR;

AQUAPORIN 4; COLLAGEN GEL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 73449095751     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.209     Document Type: Article

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