Concise review: Stem cell microenvironment on a chip: Current technologies for tissue engineering and stem cell biology

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1352-1368

  Park, DoYeun ^a   Lim, Jaeho ^b   Park, Joong Yull ^c   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embryoid body; Microplatform; Organ regeneration; Stem cell behaviors; Stem cell fate; Stem cell microenvironment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANIMALS; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HUMANS; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84945286766     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2015-0095     Document Type: Article

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