A microfabricated platform with hydrogel arrays for 3D mechanical stimulation of cells

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 113-124

  Liu, Haijiao ^a,b   Usprech, Jenna ^b   Sun, Yu ^a,b   Simmons, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Mechanical stimulation; Mesenchymal stromal cell; Microdevice; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; DEFORMATION; DIAGNOSIS; DYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; MEMBRANES; MICROCHANNELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; SILICONES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL FUNCTIONS; DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; LARGE ARRAYS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICRO-DEVICE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NORBORNENES; THIOL/ENE;

HYDROGELS;

DIMETICONE; MACROGOL; NORBORNENE DERIVATIVE; THIOL; 2-NORBORNENE; BAYSILON; HYDROGEL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NORBORNANE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

CELL SURVIVAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NORBORNANES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84950130871     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.11.054     Document Type: Article

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