Scaffold-free formation of a millimeter-scale multicellular spheroid with an internal cavity from magnetically levitated 3T3 cells that ingested iron oxide-containing microspheres

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1038-1047

  Lee, Joon Ho ^a   Hur, Won ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic levitation; Microspheres; Spheroids

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MICROSPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPLICATED STRUCTURES; INTERNAL CAVITIES; MILLIMETER-SCALE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; MULTICELLULAR STRUCTURE; SPHEROIDS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

IRON OXIDE; MICROSPHERE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SUSPENSION; INCUBATION TIME; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MICROSPHERES; SPHEROIDS;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MICE; MICROSPHERES; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 84897096605     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25156     Document Type: Article

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