InVERT molding for scalable control of tissue microarchitecture

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stevens, K R ^a   Ungrin, M D ^b,c,d,l   Schwartz, R E ^a,e   Ng, S ^f   Carvalho, B ^f   Christine, K S ^a   Chaturvedi, R R ^g   Li, C Y ^f   Zandstra, P W ^b,c,d,h   Chen, C S ^g   Bhatia, S N ^a,e,i,j,k  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j USA   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROGENY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TISSUE SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RATS; STROMAL CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

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EID: 84878682762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2853     Document Type: Article

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