Angiogenic responses are enhanced in mechanically and microscopically characterized, microbial transglutaminase crosslinked collagen matrices with increased stiffness

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 7178-7190

  Lee, P F ^a   Bai, Y ^a   Smith, R L ^b   Bayless, K J ^b   Yeh, A T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Collagen; Microbial transglutaminase; Second harmonic generation; Two photon excited fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; HARMONIC GENERATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; PORE SIZE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ANGIOGENESIS; COLLAGEN MATRICES; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HARMONICS GENERATION; MATRIX; MICROBIAL TRANSGLUTAMINASE; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; SECOND HARMONICS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN GEL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CROSS LINKING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; RIGIDITY; STREPTOVERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84878295258     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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