Gold nanorod-incorporated gelatin-based conductive hydrogels for engineering cardiac tissue constructs

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-146

  Navaei, Ali ^a   Saini, Harpinder ^a   Christenson, Wayne ^a   Sullivan, Ryan Tanner ^a   Ros, Robert ^a   Nikkhah, Mehdi ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium2+ puffs; Cardiac patches; Conductive hydrogels; Gelatin methacrylate; Myocardial infarction; Synchronous beating

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CELLS; DISEASES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NANORODS; PROTEINS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TISSUE;

CALCIUM2+ PUFF; CARDIAC PATCH; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CONDUCTIVE HYDROGEL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GELATIN METHACRYLATE; GOLD NANOROD; HYBRID HYDROGELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNCHRONOI BEATING;

HYDROGELS;

ALPHA ACTININ; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CONNEXIN 43; F ACTIN; GELATIN; GELATIN METHACRYLATE; GOLD NANOROD; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; GOLD; HYDROGEL; NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE LEVEL; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOCAL ADHESION; HEART; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GELATIN; GOLD; HEART; HYDROGELS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOTUBES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84973549978     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.05.027     Document Type: Article

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