Stiffening of human mesenchymal stem cell spheroid microenvironments induced by incorporation of gelatin microparticles

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-71

  Baraniak, Priya R ^a   Cooke, Marissa T ^a   Saeed, Rabbia ^a   Kinney, Melissa A ^a   Fridley, Krista M ^a   McDevitt, Todd C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Mesenchymal stem cells; Microparticles; Polymers; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; CELL AGGREGATES; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL SPHEROIDS; DIFFUSIONAL TRANSPORT; EX-VIVO; GELATIN MATERIALS; GELATIN MICROPARTICLES; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL FORCE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NOVEL ROUTE; PARACRINE; TISSUE CONSTRUCTS;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; STEM CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AGGREGATES;

BIOMATERIAL; GELATIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROSCOPE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHEROID CELL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; GELATIN; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROSPHERES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84861697540     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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