A microfluidic wound-healing assay for quantifying endothelial cell migration

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Van Der Meer, Andries D ^a   Vermeul, Kim ^a   Poot, André A ^a   Feijen, Jan ^a   Vermes, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Microfluidics; Migration; Scratch assay; Wound healing assay

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; TRYPSIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING ASSAY;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74949097367     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00933.2009     Document Type: Article

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