Biocompatible Coating of Encapsulated Cells Using Ionotropic Gelation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ehrhart, Friederike ^a   Mettler, Esther ^b   Böse, Thomas ^a   Weber, Matthias Max ^b   Vásquez, Julio Alberto ^c   Zimmermann, Heiko ^a,d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BARIUM; BARIUM ION; POLYCATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GELATION; INSULIN RELEASE; MAMMAL CELL; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; RAT; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BARIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84883634008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073498     Document Type: Article

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