Microenvironment of alginate-based microcapsules for cell culture and tissue engineering

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Huang, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Xiangyu ^a   Wang, Xiaoguang ^a   Wang, Chan ^a   Tang, Bin ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell spheroid; Matrix stiffness; Microcapsule; Microenvironment; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACE; 3D MODELS; ALGINATE MATRIX; ALGINATE-BASED MICROCAPSULES; CELL SPHEROIDS; CELL THERAPY; ENCAPSULATED CELL; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENCAPSULATION;

ALGINIC ACID; INSULIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL THERAPY; CHEMICAL BOND; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYDROGEL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NECROSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINATES; CAPSULES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 84862764780     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.02.024     Document Type: Review

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