A Biofunctional Fibrous Scaffold for the Encapsulation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and its Effects on Stem Cell Differentiation

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 1279-1281

  Yow, S Z ^a   Quek, C H ^b   Yim, E K F ^a   Leong, K W ^b,c   Lim, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomimetic scaffold; Cell encapsulation; Collagen; Polyelectrolyte complex fibers; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC SCAFFOLDS; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (HMSCS); POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXATION; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; GENE EXPRESSION; STEM CELLS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84891919191     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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