Micropatterned stretching system for the investigation of mechanical tension on neural stem cells behavior

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-355

  Chang, Yu Ju ^a   Tsai, Cho Jen ^a   Tseng, Fan Gang ^a   Chen, Tsung Ju ^a   Wang, Tzu Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mechanical tension; Microfluidic; Micropattern; Nerve regeneration; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

CULTURE CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL TENSION; MICRO PATTERN; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUES; MICROPATTERNED SUBSTRATES; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

ELONGATION; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; STEM CELLS;

NEURONS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIRECTIONAL TENSILE FORCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORCE; MECHANICAL TENSION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPATTERNED STRETCHING SYSTEM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RAT; RELIABILITY; TECHNOLOGY; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURITES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84875528877     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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