Boron Nitride Nanotube-Mediated Stimulation of Cell Co-Culture on Micro-Engineered Hydrogels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ricotti, Leonardo ^a   Fujie, Toshinori ^b,e   Vazão, Helena ^c,d   Ciofani, Gianni ^b   Marotta, Roberto ^b   Brescia, Rosaria ^b   Filippeschi, Carlo ^a,b   Corradini, Irene ^f,g   Matteoli, Michela ^g,h   Mattoli, Virgilio ^b   Ferreira, Lino ^c,d   Menciassi, Arianna ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Biocant Biotechnology Innovation Center   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Fondazione Filarete   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STIMULATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOASSAY; MUSCLE CELL; NANOENGINEERING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMERIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MYOBLASTS; NANOTUBES;

EID: 84881503335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071707     Document Type: Article

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