Chemically Modified Micro- and Nanostructured Systems for Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture

BioNanoScience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-304

  Zonca, Michael R ^a   Xie, Yubing ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Hydrogel; Induced pluripotent stem cell; Microcarrier; Nanofiber; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; HYDROGELS; NANOFIBERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TISSUE REGENERATION;

CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICRO SYSTEMS; MICROCARRIERS; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SELF RENEWAL; STEM-CELL; SUBSTRATE CHEMISTRY;

STEM CELLS;

BETA1 INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; MATRIGEL; NANOFIBER; NANOFILM; NANOMATERIAL; VITRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER DISEASE; MICROCARRIER CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OBESITY; OSTEOBLAST; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EID: 84868706843     PISSN: 21911630     EISSN: 21911649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12668-012-0052-7     Document Type: Article

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