Tubular gel fabrication and cell encapsulation in laminar flow stream formed by microfabricated nozzle array.
We have used a laminar flow stream formed by a microfabricated nozzle array to prepare cell-encapsulated alginate gel micro-tubes, in which cells formed a cylindrical multi-cellular aggregate after cultivation for two weeks.
Sugiura
Shinji
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Research Center of Advanced Bionics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5th, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. shinji.sugiura@aist.go.jp
Oda
Tatsuya
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Aoyagi
Yasuyuki
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Satake
Mitsuo
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Ohkohchi
Nobuhiro
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Nakajima
Mitsutoshi
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D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011107:Polylysine / Q000737:chemistry
D000464:Alginates; D005782:Gels; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D011107:Polylysine; D020723:Glucuronic Acid