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Micro and nanoengineering of the cell microenvironment : technologies and applications /
Supported with 140 illustrations, the volume exhaustively covers the micro- and nano-system technologies involved in developing cell-based bioengineering applications. You get full details on efforts to engineer the soluble and insoluble cell microenvironments, including the latest advances in micro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Artech House,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Artech House engineering in medicine & biology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Micro and Nanoengineering of the Cell Microenvironment: Technologies and Applications; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 Micro- and Nanoengineering the Cellular Microenvironment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Cellular Microenvironment; 1.3 Controlling Cellular Behavior; 1.4 Micro- and Nanoengineering the Cellular Microenvironment; 1.5 Book Structure; References; Chapter 2 Gradient-Generating Microfluidic Devices for Cell Biology Research; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Conventional Devices for Soluble Gradient Generation; 2.3 Microfluidic-Based Devices for Gradient Generation.
- 2.4 Biological Applications of Gradient-Generating Microfluidic Devices2.5 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 3 Surface Patterning for Controlling Cell-Substrate Interactions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Self-Assembled Monolayers, Lithography, and Other Important Tools; 3.3 Controlling the Adsorption of Proteins on Surface; 3.4 Patterning of Proteins and Cells; 3.5 Dynamic Patterning of Cells; 3.6 Other Systems for Patterning Cells; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Patterned Cocultures for Controlling Cell-Cell Interactions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Random Coculture Systems.
- 4.3 Patterned Coculture Systems4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Micro- and Nanofabricated Scaffolds for Three-Dimensional Tissue Recapitulation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Microfabricated Interfaces; 5.3 Nanofabricated Interfaces; 5.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Biomimetic Hydrogels to Support and Guide Tissue Formation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Hydrogels and Their Synthesis; 6.3 Incorporating Bioactive Factors into Hydrogels; 6.4 Two-Dimensional Patterning of Hydrogels; 6.5 Three-Dimensional Rapid Prototyping of Hydrogels; 6.6 Summary; References.
- Chapter 7 Three-Dimensional Cell-Printing Technologies for Tissue Engineering7.1 Overview; 7.2 Development of Cell-Printing Technologies; 7.3 Conventional Three-Dimensional Cell-Printing Methods; 7.4 Current Applications of Cell-Printing Technology: Organ Printing; 7.5 Other Applications of Cell Printing; 7.6 Technologies for Three-Dimensional Cell Printing: Single Cell Epitaxy by Acoustic Picoliter Droplets; 7.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Using Microfabrication to Engineer Cellular and Multicellular Architecture; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Patterning Adhesion; 8.3 Patterning Single Cells.
- 8.4 Multicellular Patterning8.5 Engineering Single Cell-Cell Interactions; 8.6 Cell Patterning by Active Positioning: Dielectrophoresis and Microfluidics; 8.7 Three-Dimensional Patterning; 8.8 Future Directions; References; Chapter 9 Technologies and Applications for Engineering Substrate Mechanics to Regulate Cell Response; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 How Cells Sense the Stiffness of Their Substrate; 9.3 Technologies to Engineer the Mechanical Properties of the Substrate; 9.4 Effects of Substrate Mechanics on Cell Response; 9.5 Summary and Future Challenges; References.