Three-dimensional-engineered matrix to study cancer stem cells and tumorsphere formation: Effect of matrix modulus

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 669-684

  Yang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Sarvestani, Samaneh K ^a   Moeinzadeh, Seyedsina ^a   He, Xuezhong ^a   Jabbari, Esmaiel ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Dorn Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; HYDROGELS; MAINTENANCE; MAMMALS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STEM CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER CELLS; CANCER STEM CELLS; CELL NUMBER DENSITY; HUMAN BREAST CARCINOMA CELLS; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; MATRIX MODULUS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMORIGENESIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BROXURIDINE; HERMES ANTIGEN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER; HYDROGEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; YOUNG MODULUS; DRUG EFFECTS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873356030     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0333     Document Type: Article

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