Rapid construction of mechanically- confined multi- cellular structures using dendrimeric intercellular linker

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 7455-7467

  Mo, Xuejun ^a,b   Li, Qiushi ^a,b   Yi Lui, Lena Wai ^c   Zheng, Baixue ^b,d   Kang, Chiang Huen ^b   Nugraha, Bramasta ^b,e   Yue, Zhilian ^b   Jia, Rui Rui ^f   Fu, Hong Xia ^a   Choudhury, Deepak ^b,e   Arooz, Talha ^b   Yan, Jie ^a   Lim, Chwee Teck ^a,c,d,e   Shen, Shali ^f   Hong Tan, Choon ^a,e   Yu, Hanry ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell ECM interaction; Defined cellular structures; Multicellular structures; Oleyl poly (ethylene glycol) (oleyl PEG); Rapid dendrimer; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL SURFACES; CELLULAR MEMBRANES; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE; IN-VIVO; INTERNAL ORGANS; MATRIX; MICRO MANIPULATION; MULTICELL; MULTICELLULAR STRUCTURE; OLEYL POLY (ETHYLENE GLYCOL) (OLEYL-PEG); POLYPROPYLENIMINE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; RAPID DENDRIMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TISSUE CONSTRUCTS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CENTRIFUGATION; DENDRIMERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CYTOLOGY;

DENDRIMER; MACROGOL; POLYPROPYLENIMINE HEXADECAAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROMANIPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSTATIN CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRIMERS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYAMINES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955278426     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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