Three-dimensional cell-dense constructs containing endothelial cell-networks are an effective tool for in vivo and in vitro vascular biology research

Microvascular Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 549-551

  Sekiya, Sachiko ^a   Muraoka, Megumi ^a   Sasagawa, Tadashi ^a   Shimizu, Tatsuya ^a   Yamato, Masayuki ^a   Okano, Teruo ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; EC networks; Temperature responsive culture dish

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPILLARY; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78249281613     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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