Neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells on conductive nanofiber scaffolds

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1357-1365

  Kabiri, Mahboubeh ^a,b,c   Soleimani, Masoud ^d   Shabani, Iman ^b   Futrega, Kathryn ^b   Ghaemi, Naser ^a   Ahvaz, Hana Hanaee ^c   Elahi, Elahe ^a   Doran, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Conductive scaffolds; Embryonic stem cells; Neural differentiation

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE NANOFIBERS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; L-LACTIC ACID; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MULTI-WALLED; NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURAL DEFECTS; NEURAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; NEURAL REGENERATION; NEURAL TISSUE; NEURITE EXTENSION; NEURONAL MARKERS; PRECURSOR CELLS; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON; LACTIC ACID; MAMMALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

NANOFIBER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; NANOFIBERS; NEURONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84862151512     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0889-4     Document Type: Article

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