High throughput screening to investigate the interaction of stem cells with their extracellular microenvironment

Organogenesis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 128-142

  Ankam, Soneela ^a,b   Teo, Benjamin K K ^a,c   Kukumberg, Marek ^c   Yim, Evelyn K F ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Differentiation; Extracellular matrix; Maintenance; Microarray; Niche; Proliferation; Stiffness; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYELECTROLYTE; SERPENTINE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PRINTING; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MICROARRAY; MOUSE; NICHE; PROLIFERATION; RAT; RIGIDITY; STEM CELL NICHE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOMATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MAINTENANCE; MICROARRAY; NICHE; PROLIFERATION; STIFFNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84883022375     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.25425     Document Type: Review

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