Assembly of human umbilical vein endothelial cells on compliant hydrogels

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  Saunders, Randi L ^a   Hammer, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; BFGF; Polyacrylamide gel; Substrate stiffness compliance; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UMBILICAL VEIN; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77950188066     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-010-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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