Tuning the conductivity and inner structure of electrospun fibers to promote cardiomyocyte elongation and synchronous beating

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 865-874

  Liu, Yaowen ^a,b   Lu, Jinfu ^a   Xu, Guisen ^c   Wei, Jiaojun ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cell elongation; Coaxial electrospinning; Conductivity; Contractile protein production; Synchronous beating

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPINNING; ELONGATION; FIBERS; PROTEINS; SPINNING (FIBERS); TEXTILE BLENDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YARN;

CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING; CELL ELONGATION; COAXIAL ELECTROSPINNING; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; PROTEIN PRODUCTION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84979743557     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.07.069     Document Type: Article

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