A method to develop mock arteries suitable for cell seeding and in-vitro cell culture experiments

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 470-477

  Colombo, A ^a,b   Zahedmanesh, H ^a   Toner, D M ^a   Cahill, P A ^b   Lally, C ^a,b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Mechanotransduction; Mock artery; PDMS; Smooth muscle cell (SMC); Sylgard

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CURING; CYTOLOGY; FABRICATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MUSCLE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE ELASTOMERS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FABRICATION PARAMETERS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOCK ARTERIES; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

CELLS;

ELASTOMER; FIBRONECTIN; SULFURIC ACID; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CORONARY ARTERY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOCK CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; MATERIALS TESTING; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 80054688458     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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