Engineering stem cell fate with biochemical and biomechanical properties of microcarriers

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1354-1366

  Sart, Sébastien ^a   Agathos, Spiros N ^b   Li, Yan ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cells; Microcarriers; Pluripotent stem cells; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROCARRIERS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROLIFERATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

STEM CELLS;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROCARRIERS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROLIFERATION;

DIFFERENTIATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICROCARRIERS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROLIFERATION;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84890196247     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1825     Document Type: Article

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