Adanced tissue engineering strategies for ascularized parenchymal constructs

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  He, Jiankang ^a   Xu, Feng ^b,c   Liu, Yaxiong ^a   Jin, Zhongmin ^a   Li, Dichen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

microfluidic network; parenchymal constructs; tissue engineering; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894802595     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519414300014     Document Type: Review

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