Neural differentiation of pluripotent cells in 3D alginate-based cultures

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4636-4645

  Bozza, Angela ^a   Coates, Emily E ^b   Incitti, Tania ^a   Ferlin, Kimberly M ^b   Messina, Andrea ^a   Menna, Elisabetta ^c,d   Bozzi, Yuri ^a,c   Fisher, John P ^b   Casarosa, Simona ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate; Hyaluronic acid; Neural differentiation; Pluripotent cells; Three dimensional cultures

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYALURONIC ACID; NEURONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; STEM CELLS;

GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; NEURAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; PLURIPOTENT; TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONTROL;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; BETA TUBULIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; HYALURONIC ACID; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NESTIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGINATE; HYALURONIC ACID; NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION; PLURIPOTENT CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CULTURES;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYALURONIC ACID; MICE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84896544241     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.02.039     Document Type: Article

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