Portable nanofiber meshes dictate cell orientation throughout three-dimensional hydrogels

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Yang, Ying ^a   Wimpenny, Ian ^a   Ahearne, Mark ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Cell orientation; Contact guidance; Electrospinning; Hydrogel; Nanofiber; Portable

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIAMETER; CELL ORIENTATION; CELL PHENOTYPE; CELL POPULATIONS; CONTACT GUIDANCE; CYTOSKELETONS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LINE DENSITY; MATRIX ARCHITECTURE; NANOFIBER MESH; NATURAL TISSUES; PORTABLE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ALIGNMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HYDROGELS;

NANOFIBER; NANOMESH;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROSPINNING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOMEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79952771584     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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