Creating stiffness gradient polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel using a simple gradual freezing-thawing method to investigate stem cell differentiation behaviors

Biomaterials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-60

  Kim, Tae Ho ^a   An, Dan Bi ^a   Oh, Se Heang ^b   Kang, Min Kwan ^a   Song, Hyun Hoon ^a   Lee, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Hydrogel; Polyvinyl alcohol; Stem cell; Stiffness gradient

Indexed keywords

BONE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FREEZING; HYDROGELS; LIQUEFIED GASES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STIFFNESS; THAWING;

BONE MARROW STEM CELLS; FREEZING AND THAWING; FREEZING-THAWING; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; OPTIMUM STIFFNESS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS;

STEM CELLS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; DNA; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL HYDROGEL;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREEZING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; THAWING; ADULT; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84919620813     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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