A review of microfabrication and hydrogel engineering for micro-organs on chips

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1816-1832

  Verhulsel, Marine ^a   Vignes, Maéva ^a   Descroix, Stéphanie ^a   Malaquin, Laurent ^a   Vignjevic, Danijela M ^b   Viovy, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

3D scaffold; Artificial extracellular matrix; Hydrogel; Micro environment; Physiology; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3-D SCAFFOLDS; ARTIFICIAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIXES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ALGINIC ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; MATRIGEL; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3D SCAFFOLD; ARTIFICIAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; MICRO-ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84890165061     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.11.021     Document Type: Review

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