Three-dimensional plotting of a cell-laden alginate/methylcellulose blend: towards biofabrication of tissue engineering constructs with clinically relevant dimensions

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1574-1587

  Schütz, Kathleen ^a   Placht, Anna Maria ^a   Paul, Birgit ^a   Brüggemeier, Sophie ^a   Gelinsky, Michael ^a   Lode, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

additive manufacturing; biofabrication; bioprinting; cell embedding; dispensing; extrusion; rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; COPYRIGHTS; GELATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

ALGINATE SOLUTIONS; BIOFABRICATION; BIOPRINTING; CELL EMBEDDING; DISPENSING; EMBEDDED CELLS; EMBEDDINGS; METHYLCELLULOSE; RAPID-PROTOTYPING; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; METHYLCELLULOSE; PERILIPIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFABRICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALGINATES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; METHYLCELLULOSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84937484848     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.2058     Document Type: Article

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