Modeling physiological events in 2D vs. 3D cell culture

Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 266-277

  Duval, Kayla ^a   Grover, Hannah ^a   Han, Li Hsin ^b   Mou, Yongchao ^c   Pegoraro, Adrian F ^d   Fredberg, Jeffery ^e   Chen, Zi ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85020882534     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00036.2016     Document Type: Review

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