A self-assembling peptide matrix used to control stiffness and binding site density supports the formation of microvascular networks in three dimensions

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7651-7661

  Stevenson, M D ^a   Piristine, H ^b,c   Hogrebe, N J ^a   Nocera, T M ^a   Boehm, M W ^a   Reen, R K ^a   Koelling, K W ^a   Agarwal, G ^a   Sarang Sieminski, A L ^b   Gooch, K J ^a,d  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding site density; Microvascular networks; Self assembling peptide; Stiffness; Three dimensional cell culture

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITES; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GELS; PEPTIDES; STEM CELLS; STIFFNESS;

BINDING SITE DENSITY; BINDING-SITES; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; MATRIX; MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; NETWORK FORMATION; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; SITE DENSITY; SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; INTEGRIN; PEPTIDE; ARGINYL-GLYCYL-ASPARTIC ACID; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; GELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; RIGIDITY; STORAGE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY;

BINDING SITES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OLIGOPEPTIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84891692782     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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