Abstract
Tissue engineering constructs are uniquely positioned not only for in vivo regenerative therapeutic applications but also to evaluate cellular responses to modifications in finely tuned three-dimensional (3-D) microenvironments as opposed to traditional two-dimensional (2-D) culture systems. However, moving into a 3-D system presents complications of assessing spatial and temporal alterations in cellular behavior (e.g., protein synthesis, motility, etc.). Here, we describe methods to evaluate spatial and temporal protein production in neural tissue engineering construct.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Extracellular Matrix |
Publisher | Springer New York |
Pages | 163-179 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781493920839 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781493920822 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 3 2014 |
Keywords
- Cryosectioning
- Immunocytochemistry
- Neural tissue engineering
- Western blot
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Neuroscience
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences