The effects of fabrication strategies on 3D scaffold morphology, porosity, and vascular smooth muscle cell response

Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-311

  Rogers, Lisa ^a   Said, Somiraa S ^a   Mequanint, Kibret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D scaffolds; Electrospinning; Human coronary artery smooth muscle cells; Microporosity; Solvent casting particulate leaching

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FRUCTOSE; N, N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANOBEAD; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROSPINNING; FABRICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEACHING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84891615956     PISSN: 21579083     EISSN: 21579091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2013.1088     Document Type: Article

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