Hydrogels for 3D mammalian cell culture: a starting guide for laboratory practice

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 623-636

  Ruedinger, Ferdinand ^a   Lavrentieva, Antonina ^a   Blume, Cornelia ^a   Pepelanova, Iliyana ^a   Scheper, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D analytics; 3D cell culture; Hydrogel; Mammalian cell culture; Material design

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3-D CELL CULTURE; 3D ANALYTICS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE; MATERIAL DESIGNS; STANDARD ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

BIOMECHANICS;

HYDROGEL;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MAMMAL; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MAMMALS; RHEOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84925511237     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6253-y     Document Type: Review

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