Engineering cell alignment in vitro

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 347-365

  Li, Yuhui ^a   Huang, Guoyou ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Du, Yanan ^b   Lu, Tian Jian ^a   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Mechanical loading; Surface chemical treatment; Tissue engineering; Topographical patterning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENGINEERING; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL ALIGNMENT; ENGINEERING CELLS; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; MECHANICAL LOADING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SURFACE CHEMICALS; TOPOGRAPHICAL PATTERNING;

CELL ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ALIGNMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SURFACE CHEMICAL TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHICAL PATTERNING;

CELL ALIGNMENT; MECHANICAL LOADING; SURFACE CHEMICAL TREATMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHICAL PATTERNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84895423556     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.11.007     Document Type: Review

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