A novel method to produce immobilised biomolecular concentration gradients to study cell activities: Design and modelling

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Vozzi, Giovanni ^a   Lenzi, Tommaso ^a   Montemurro, Francesca ^a   Pardini, Carla ^a   Vaglini, Francesca ^a   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell testing; Concentration gradient; Fibroblasts; Gradient modelling; Mesencephalic cells

Indexed keywords

ADHESION TEST; BIO-MOLECULAR; BOTTOM SURFACES; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL BEHAVIOURS; CELL FUNCTIONS; CELL TESTING; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLASS SLIDES; GRADIENT MODELLING; IN-VITRO; NANOMOLAR; POLYLYSINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEADY-STATE CONCENTRATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GLASS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

COLLAGEN; POLYLYSINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLASS; HYDROGELS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYLYSINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILANES;

EID: 84856291847     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9411-9     Document Type: Article

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