Development of a micromanipulator-based loading device for mechanoregulation study of human mesenchymal stem cells in three-dimensional collagen constructs

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-107

  Au Yeung, Kwan Lok ^a   Sze, Kam Yim ^a   Sham, Mai Har ^b   Chan, Barbara Pui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATLAB; METABOLISM; MICROMANIPULATORS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEM CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR ACTIVITIES; CELLULAR METABOLISM; CELLULAR PROPERTIES; CELLULAR RESPONSE; COLLAGEN CONSTRUCTS; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CONVENTIONAL CAMERA; CYCLIC COMPRESSION; CYTOSKELETONS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; FILAMENTOUS ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT STAINING; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; GROWTH FACTOR; HIGH COSTS; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (HMSCS); LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LOADING DEVICES; LOADING DIRECTION; LOADING FUNCTION; LOADING SYSTEM; MATRIX; MATRIX MOLECULES; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL SIGNALS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANO-REGULATION; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RECONSTITUTED COLLAGEN FIBERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONSTRUCT;

LOADING;

COLLAGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77952364810     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0707     Document Type: Article

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