Engineering in vitro microenvironments for cell based therapies and drug discovery

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 18, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 1099-1108

  Cigognini, Daniela ^a   Lomas, Alexander ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Satyam, Abhigyan ^a   English, Andrew ^a   Azeem, Ayesha ^a   Pandit, Abhay ^a   Zeugolis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MYOSIN II; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL THERAPY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LONGEVITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHENOTYPE; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84886952145     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.06.007     Document Type: Review

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