Observing and quantifying fibroblast-mediated fibrin gel compaction

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 83, 2014, Pages

  De Jesús, Aribet M ^a   Sander, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bioengineering; Bioreactor; Compaction; Fibrin; Issue 83; Mechanobiology; Time lapse microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; STAINING; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOREACTORS; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84907652235     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50918     Document Type: Article

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