Matrix Stiffness in Three-Dimensional Systems Effects on the Behavior of C3A Cells

Artificial Organs

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-174

  Huang, Xiaobo ^a   Hang, Ruiqiang ^a   Wang, Xiaoguang ^a   Lin, Naiming ^a   Zhang, Xiangyu ^a   Tang, Bin ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alginate hydrogel; Liver tissue engineering; Matrix stiffness; Three dimensional cell culture

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGELS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3D SYSTEMS; ALGINATE HYDROGELS; CELL LINES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMAN HEPATOCYTES; IN-VITRO; LIVER TISSUE ENGINEERING; SYSTEM EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SUPPORT; MECHANICAL TORSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873322275     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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