Development and characterization of a 3D multicell microtissue culture model of airway smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  West, Adrian R ^a   Zaman, Nishat ^a   Cole, Darren J ^a   Walker, Matthew J ^a   Legant, Wesley R ^b   Boudou, Thomas ^b   Chen, Christopher S ^b   Favreau, John T ^c   Gaudette, Glenn R ^c   Cowley, Elizabeth A ^a   Maksym, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

3D culture; Airway smooth muscle; Airway wall remodeling; Asthma; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; FORSKOLIN; HISTAMINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL MICROSCOPY; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICELL MICROTISSUE CULTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS FIBER; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIH 3T3 CELLS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84871862869     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00168.2012     Document Type: Article

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