Mechanisms of vascular endothelial growth factor-induced pathfinding by endothelial sprouts in biomaterials

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 320-330

  Shamloo, Amir ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Heilshorn, Sarah ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HISTOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; PEPTIDES; TISSUE;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CRITICAL PROPERTIES; DENSE MATRICES; EX-VIVO; INITIAL ORIENTATION; MATRIX; MATRIX EFFECTS; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; PATHFINDING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TIME-LAPSE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR NETWORK;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84856253730     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0323     Document Type: Article

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