Novel soft alginate hydrogel strongly supports neurite growth and protects neurons against oxidative stress

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 55-66

  Matyash, Marina ^a,b   Despang, Florian ^a,b   Mandal, Rakesh ^c   Fiore, Diccon ^c   Gelinsky, Michael ^a,b   Ikonomidou, Chrysanthy ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BARIUM; CELL CULTURE; COAGULATION; GELATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOLAYERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; RATS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADHESIVE MATRICES; ALGINATE HYDROGELS; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS; HUMAN NEURONS; INERT MATERIALS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURITE GROWTH; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS;

HYDROGELS;

RATTUS;

ALGINIC ACID; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEURITE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOPROTECTION; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STRONTIUM;

EID: 84855408702     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0097     Document Type: Article

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