Advances in bioactive hydrogels to probe and direct cell fate

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 421-444

  Deforest, Cole A ^a   Anseth, Kristi S ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

4D control; Biochemical tunability; Biophysical tunability; Cell culture; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE HYDROGELS; BIOFUNCTIONALITY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL FATES; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTION; CULTURE SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TAILORABILITY; TUNABILITIES;

ASSAYS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE PLATFORMS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862652414     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-062011-080945     Document Type: Review

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