Bioluminescence imaging for assessment of immune responses following implantation of engineered heart tissue (EHT)

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 52, 2011, Pages

  Conradi, Lenard ^a   Pahrmann, Christiane ^a   Schmidt, Stephanie ^a   Deuse, Tobias ^a,b   Hansen, Arne ^a   Eder, Alexandra ^a   Reichenspurner, Hermann ^a   Robbins, Robert C ^b   Eschenhagen, Thomas ^a   Schrepfer, Sonja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Bioluminescence imaging; Engineered heart tissue; Immune response; Issue 52; Rats; Rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355131428     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2605     Document Type: Article

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