Aligned hybrid silk scaffold for enhanced differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into ligament fibroblasts

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 687-703

  Teh, Thomas K H ^a   Toh, Siew Lok ^a   Goh, James C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBROBLASTS; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; SILK; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

CELLULAR RESPONSE; CONTACT GUIDANCE; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HYBRID SCAFFOLDS; LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; SILK FIBROIN; SILK SCAFFOLD;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BUILDINGS; CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; SILK; STEM FIBERS; TISSUE;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT; SILK; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; LIGAMENTS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; SILK; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79958268412     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0513     Document Type: Article

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