Bioengineering mini functional thymic units with EAK16-II/EAKIIH6 self-assembling hydrogel

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-89

  Tajima, Asako ^a   Liu, Wen ^b   Pradhan, Isha ^a   Bertera, Suzanne ^a   Bagia, Christina ^b   Trucco, Massimo ^a   Meng, Wilson S ^b   Fan, Yong ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EAK16 II; Hydrogel; Self assembly; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymopoiesis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; EAK16 II PROTEIN; EAKIIH16 PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EAK16 PEPTIDE; HYDROGEL; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIOENGINEERING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBER; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HYDROGELS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84940450729     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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