Controlled-size embryoid body formation in concave microwell arrays

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4296-4303

  Choi, Yoon Young ^a   Chung, Bong Geun ^b   Lee, Dae Ho ^a   Khademhosseini, Ali ^c,d   Kim, Jong Hoon ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Concave microwell array; Embryonic stem cell differentiation; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; CARDIOGENESIS; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CELL AGGREGATES; CELL SOURCES; CELL-BASED THERAPY; CONCAVE MICROWELL; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ES CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR; MICRO WELLS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NEUROGENESIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SIZE AND SHAPE; STEM CELL CULTURE;

AGGLOMERATION; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROCHANNELS;

STEM CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LAYER; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEURONS;

MURINAE;

EID: 77949657809     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.115     Document Type: Article

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