Formation of human capillaries in vitro: The engineering of prevascularized matrices

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Montaño, Irene ^a   Schiestl, Clemens ^a   Schneider, Jörg ^a   Pontiggia, Luca ^a   Luginbühl, Joachim ^a   Biedermann, Thomas ^a   Böttcher Haberzeth, Sophie ^a   Braziulis, Erik ^a   Meuli, Martin ^a   Reichmann, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MICROCIRCULATION;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD PERFUSION; CAPILLARY FORMATION; ENGINEERED TISSUES; HIGH PURITY; HUMAN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IN-VITRO; INTRACELLULAR VACUOLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE SYSTEM; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VASCULARIZED TISSUES; VASCULOGENESIS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

FIBRIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CAPILLARY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; NUDE RAT; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBRIN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, NUDE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77049085561     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0550     Document Type: Article

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