Paraffin embedding allows effective analysis of proliferation, survival, and immunophenotyping of cells cultured on poly(l-lactic acid) electrospun nanofiber scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-760

  Foroni, Laura ^a   Dirani, Giorgio ^b   Gualandi, Chiara ^a   Focarete, Maria Letizia ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiological and Histocytopathological Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ASSAYS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FORMALDEHYDE; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CASPASE-3; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CROSS SECTION; EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTION; FORMALIN; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSAYS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN-VIVO; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLLA; POLY L LACTIC ACID; SCAFFOLD STRUCTURES; VIMENTIN;

SCAFFOLDS;

CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LACTIC ACID; NANOFIBER; PARAFFIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CASPASE 3; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LACTIC ACID; NANOFIBERS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77954997631     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0316     Document Type: Article

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