Robust T-tubulation and maturation of cardiomyocytes using tissue-engineered epicardial mimetics

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3819-3828

  Bian, Weining ^a   Badie, Nima ^a   Himel, Herman D ^a   Bursac, Nenad ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac tissue engineering; Electrophysiology; Hydrogel; T tubules

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; NEONATAL RAT CARDIOMYOCYTES; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; T-TUBULES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

BIOMIMETICS; CALCIUM; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HYDROGELS; REPAIR; TISSUE REGENERATION;

TISSUE;

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; FIBROBLAST; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOULD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

RATTUS;

CALCIUM; CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGEL; T-TUBULES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PERICARDIUM; RATS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84893795849     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.01.045     Document Type: Article

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