On-chip single embryo coculture with microporous-membrane-supported endometrial cells

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroko ^a   Akai, Tomonori ^b   Yamamoto, Takatoki ^c   Hattori, Hideshi ^b   Sakai, Yasuyuki ^a   Fujii, Teruo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cell; In vitro culture (IVC); Microfluidic device; Microporous membrane; Single embryo coculture

Indexed keywords

COCULTURE; IN-VITRO; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; SINGLE EMBRYO COCULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; CELLS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MAMMALS; MEMBRANES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPOROSITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROPORE FILTER; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROPORE FILTERS;

EID: 76949108218     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2009.2035275     Document Type: Article

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