A practical guide to hydrogels for cell culture

Nature Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 405-414

  Caliari, Steven R ^a   Burdick, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GLASS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CROSS LINKING; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; NANOFABRICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN; GLASS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84964868967     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3839     Document Type: Review

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