Engineering three-dimensional stem cell morphogenesis for the development of tissue models and scalable regenerative therapeutics

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 352-367

  Kinney, Melissa A ^a   Hookway, Tracy A ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   McDevitt, Todd C ^a,b  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical; Intercellular adhesions; Molecular transport; Organoid; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; MEDICINE; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOPHYSICAL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; ORGANOID; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL CULTURE; STEM CELL MORPHOGENESIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUMOR SPHEROID;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84899424834     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0953-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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