Biodegradable microgrooved polymeric surfaces obtained by photolithography for skeletal muscle cell orientation and myotube development

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1948-1957

  Altomare, L ^a   Gadegaard, N ^b   Visai, L ^c   Tanzi, M C ^a   Fare S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact guidance; Microfabrication; Myoblast alignment; Myotube formation; PLLA TMC

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON WAFERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTACT GUIDANCE; IN-VITRO; MYOBLAST ALIGNMENT; MYOBLASTS; MYOTUBE FORMATION; MYOTUBES; POLY (L-LACTIDE); POLY-L-LACTIDE/TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE COPOLYMER; POLYMERIC SURFACES; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE;

ALIGNMENT;

COPOLYMER; MAXON; POLYLACTIDE; SILICON; BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956644474     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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