Connections matter: Channeled hydrogels to improve vascularization

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Muehleder, Severin ^a,b   Ovsianikov, Aleksandr ^b,c   Zipperle, Johannes ^a,b   Redl, Heinz ^a,b   Holnthoner, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Channel; Endothelial cells; Hydrogel; Tissue engineering; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HYDROGELS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL; HOLLOW CHANNELS; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLANAR PROCESSING; SOFT TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

CELL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84936992349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00052     Document Type: Short Survey

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