Tailored cell sheet engineering using microstereolithography and electrochemical cell transfer

Keratinocyte cytoskeletal roles in cell sheet engineering

BACKGROUND There is an increasing need to understand cell-cell interactions for cell and tissue engineering purposes, such as optimizing cell sheet constructs, as well as for examining adhesion defect diseases. For cell-sheet engineering, one major obstacle to sheet function is that cell sheets in suspension are fragile and, over time, will contract. While the role of the cytoskeleton in mainta...

Tissue Engineering Based on Cell Sheet Technology

Recently, cell-based therapies, regenerative medicine, and tissue engineering have been progressing rapidly. With the injection of single cell suspensions, the injected cells are expected to remain around the damaged host tissues for the maintenance and recovery of native functions. Injections of bone marrow cells have been applied in many ways, and achieved some good clinical results. However,...

Cell Sheet Engineering for Periodontal Regeneration

a novel culture chamber design and cell biomaterial sheet engineering for reconstruction of cartilage tissue

background : in recent years tissue engineering developed to replace or repair damaged tissues using cell and biomaterial. one of the most important fields of tissue engineering is simulation of in vivo micro environment of body tissues. this study aimed to develop culture chamber and cell biomaterial sheet engineering for the reconstruction of cartilage tissue. methods : stainless steel cultur...

Ultrathin Layer Cell for Electrochemical and Electron Transfer Measurements

An electrochemical cell based on electrodes of near-atomically-smooth platinum on mica surfaces with an interelectrode gap width (ro) adjustable with piezoelectric drive elements with a resolution of ca. 1 8, for distances of 0 to >500 nm is described. Measurements of the steady-state current for solutions of Fe(CN),3-/4show good agreement with electrochemical thin layer cell equations derived ...