Vascularized tissue engineering mouse chamber model supports thymopoiesis of ectopic thymus tissue grafts

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-551

  Seach, Natalie ^a   Mattesich, Monika ^b,c   Abberton, Keren ^b   Matsuda, Ken ^b   Tilkorn, Daniel J ^b,d   Rophael, John ^b   Boyd, Richard L ^a   Morrison, Wayne A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BLOOD; HISTOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; SILICONES; TISSUE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHYMIC; CELL DEVELOPMENT; CELL FUNCTIONS; CELL NUMBER; CELL PRODUCTION; CHAMBER MODEL; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; KIDNEY CAPSULES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NUDE MICE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE GRAFTS; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZED TISSUES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOUSE; THYMUS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952928949     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0135     Document Type: Article

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