Effect of mechanical factors on the function of engineered human blood microvessels in microfluidic collagen gels

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6182-6189

  Price, Gavrielle M ^a   Wong, Keith H K ^a   Truslow, James G ^a   Leung, Alexander D ^a   Acharya, Chitrangada ^a   Tien, Joe ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Mechanical microenvironment; Microvascular tissue engineering; Shear stress; Transmural pressure

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FUNCTIONS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROVASCULAR; MICROVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMURAL PRESSURE;

BLOOD VESSELS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GELS; GLUCOSE; MICROFLUIDICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN GEL; CYCLIC AMP; DEXTRAN; COLLAGEN; GEL;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVASCULATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC AMP; GELS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVESSELS; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77953650214     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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