In vitro microvessel growth and remodeling within a three-dimensional microfluidic environment

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-25

  Park, Young K ^a,b   Tu, Ting Yuan ^a   Lim, Sei Hien ^a   Clement, Ivan J M ^c   Yang, Se Y ^b   Kamm, Roger D ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D gel scaffolds; 3D microfluidic platform; Collagen gel; Fibrin gel; Microvascular network formation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDIC ENVIROMENT; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

EID: 84899485523     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-013-0315-6     Document Type: Article

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