Culturing pancreatic islets in microfluidic flow enhances morphology of the associated endothelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sankar, Krishana S ^b   Green, Brenda J ^a   Crocker, Alana R ^a   Verity, Jocelyne E ^c   Altamentova, Svetlana M ^c   Rocheleau, Jonathan V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CD31 ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SIZE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTORY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PANCREAS ISLET; SECRETION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

BOVINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLUCOSE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NADP; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80053084224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024904     Document Type: Article

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