@inproceedings{a33712a9da114601af309881e448c75f,
title = "Cell fibers: Construction of centimeter-scale 3D tissues by weaving",
abstract = "This paper describes {"}cell fibers{"} for engineering centimeter-scale 3D heterogeneous artificial tissues. Cells (both cell lines and primary cells) proliferate in our collagen/alginate core-shell hydrogel fibers, and completely fill the core space to form cell fibers. We found that the cell fibers keep their fibrous shapes even after removing the shell alginate hydrogel, and that they still maintain their bioactivities. As a demonstration, we constructed (i) tissue fabric sheets by weaving the cell fibers and (ii) 3D heterogeneous coil-like tissue tubes by reeling up two different cell fibers. These cell fibers would be an extremely effective tool as building elements for constructing large-scale functional tissues.",
keywords = "3D structure, Cell encapsulation, Hydrogel fiber, Tissue engineering, Woven structure",
author = "Hiroaki Onoe and Riho Gojo and Yukiko Tsuda and Daisuke Kiriya and Midori Kato-Negishi and Shoji Takeuchi",
year = "2010",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781618390622",
series = "14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010",
pages = "629--631",
booktitle = "14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010",
note = "14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010 ; Conference date: 03-10-2010 Through 07-10-2010",
}