Optimization of femtosecond laser polymerized structural niches to control mesenchymal stromal cell fate in culture

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 341-358

  Raimondi, Manuela T ^a   Nava, Michele M ^a   Eaton, Shane M ^a   Bernasconi, Arianna ^a   Vishnubhatla, Krishna C ^b   Cerullo, Giulio ^a   Osellame, Roberto ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Mesenchymal stem cell; Niche; Photoresist; Proliferation; Scaffold; Two photon polymerization

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE; MONOLAYERS; PHOTONS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERIZATION; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AGGREGATE FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NICHE; PROLIFERATION; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TWO PHOTON POLYMERIZATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84902594840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5020341     Document Type: Article

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