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Substrate stiffness modulates gene expression and phenotype in neonatal cardiomyocytes in vitro.
Tissue engineering. Part A - 1 Sept 2012
Forte Giancarlo, Pagliari Stefania, Ebara Mitsuhiro, Uto Koichiro, Tam Janice Kal Van, Romanazzo Sara, Escobedo-Lucea Carmen, Romano Elena, Di Nardo Paolo, Traversa Enrico, Aoyagi Takao
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Biomaterials to be used as cell delivery systems for cardiac tissue engineering should be able to comply with cardiac muscle contractile activity, while favoring cell survival and neo-angiogenesis in a hostile environment. Biocompatible synthetic materials can be tailored to mimic cardiac tissue three-dimensional organization in the micro- and nanoscales. Nonetheless, they usually display mechanical properties...
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