Functional scaffold-free 3-D cardiac microtissues: A novel model for the investigation of heart cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Desroches, B R ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Choi, B R ^a   King, M E ^a   Maldonado, A E ^a   Li, W ^a   Rago, A ^a,b   Liu, G ^a   Nath, N ^a   Hartmann, K M ^a   Yang, B ^a   Koren, G ^a   Morgan, J R ^a,b   Mende, U ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Myocytes; Optical mapping; Three dimensional culture model

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; GENE TRANSFER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HYDROGEL; MICROELECTRODE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL CULTURE MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FIBROBLASTS; HYDROGELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84861157366     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00743.2011     Document Type: Article

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