The electrical stimulation of carbon nanotubes to provide a cardiomimetic cue to MSCs

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 6132-6139

  Mooney, Emma ^a   Mackle, Joseph N ^a   Blond, David J P ^b   O'Cearbhaill, Eoin ^a   Shaw, Georgina ^a   Blau, Werner J ^b   Barry, Frank P ^a   Barron, Valerie ^a   Murphy, J Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cardiomyocyte; Electrical stimulation; Electroactive polymer; Mesenchymal stem cell; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MARKERS; CARDIAC MUSCLES; CARDIAC TROPONIN; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CONNEXIN-43; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE; FUNCTIONAL CELLS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENT STAINING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NANO SCALE; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; STIMULATED CELLS; TISSUE REPAIR; UP-REGULATION; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETICS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELLS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOWCHARTING; HEART; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

CELL CULTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CONNEXIN 43; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862856839     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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