The fusion of tissue spheroids attached to pre-stretched electrospun polyurethane scaffolds

Journal of Tissue Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Beachley, Vince ^a   Kasyanov, Vladimir ^b   Nagy Mehesz, Agnes ^c   Norris, Russell ^c   Ozolanta, Iveta ^b   Kalejs, Martins ^b,d   Stradins, Peteris ^b,d   Baptista, Leandra ^e   da Silva, Karina ^e   Grainjero, Jose ^e   Wen, Xuejun ^f   Mironov, Vladimir ^c,g  

^a Rowan University   (United States)

^b RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^f Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^g Renato Archer Center for Information Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; maturogen; pre stretched scaffold; tissue fusion; tissue spheroid; vascular tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE;

CELL INVASION; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; ELECTROSPUNS; FUSION PROCESS; MATUROGEN; PRE-STRETCHED SCAFFOLD; TISSUE CONSTRUCTS; TISSUE FUSIONS; TISSUE SPHEROID; VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING;

POLYURETHANES;

POLYETHERURETHAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BIOFABRICATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEL; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 85015992268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041731414556561     Document Type: Article

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