Mimicking isovolumic contraction with combined electromechanical stimulation improves the development of engineered cardiac constructs

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 1654-1667

  Morgan, Kathy Ye ^a   Black, Lauren Deems ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HEART; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION LEVELS;

TISSUE;

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALSEQUESTRIN; CALSEQUESTRIN 2; CONNEXIN 43; FIBRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERCA2A PROTEIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOVOLUMIC CONTRACTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; HEART CONTRACTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84901218348     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0355     Document Type: Article

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