2013
Agar-based bridges as biocompatible candidates to provide guide cues in spinal cord injury repair.
Martín-López E, Darder M, Ruiz-Hitzky E, Nieto Sampedro M. Agar-based bridges as biocompatible candidates to provide guide cues in spinal cord injury repair. Bio-Medical Materials And Engineering 2013, 23: 405-21. PMID: 23988711, DOI: 10.3233/bme-130763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental scanning electron microscopyScanning electron microscopyPorous structureBridge materialsBiomaterial propertiesCell ingrowthChannel linearityMixture of agarGrowth surfaceXanthan gumStability of gelsElectron microscopyEmpty channelsBiopolymer structuresPolysulfoneMatrix scaffoldsBiocompatible candidateΚ-carrageenanClosed contactBridgeMaterialsGel mixtureMixtureSpinal cord injury repairStability
2006
Gelation under dynamic conditions: A strategy for in vitro cell ordering
Doncel-Pérez E, Darder M, Martín-López E, Vázquez L, Nieto-Sampedro M, Ruiz-Hitzky E. Gelation under dynamic conditions: A strategy for in vitro cell ordering. Journal Of Materials Science: Materials In Medicine 2006, 17: 795-802. PMID: 16932860, DOI: 10.1007/s10856-006-9837-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpin-coating conditionsAtomic force microscopyNeuronal process outgrowthLow-temperature scanning electron microscopyScanning electron microscopyBiodegradable substrateRat C6 glioma cellsFluorescence microscopyCentrifugal forceCell orderingDynamic conditionsC6 glioma cellsForce microscopyProcess outgrowthAxon growthFibrin hydrogelsUniform distributionCell modelGlioma cellsC6 cellsElectron microscopy