A dynamic microscale mid-throughput fibrosis model to investigate the effects of different ratios of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts
Andrea Mainardi, Francesca Carminati, Giovanni Stefano Ugolini, Paola Occhetta, Giuseppe Isu, Diana Robles Diaz, Gregory Reid, Roberta Visone, Marco Rasponi, Anna Marsano
Abstract
fibrosis model could help to uncover new pathological aspects studying, with mid-throughput and in a mechanically active, physiologically relevant environment, the crosstalk between the most abundant cell types involved in fibrosis.
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Microscale chemistryFibrosisThroughputField (mathematics)Cell biologyChemistryNanotechnologyBiomedical engineeringComputer scienceMaterials scienceBiologyEngineeringPathologyMedicineMathematicsTelecommunicationsPure mathematicsWirelessMathematics educationTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications