@inproceedings {18077,
	title = {Functional chitosan microcarriers for selective cell attachment and expansion},
	journal = {Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2014},
	month = {2014-06-10 00:00:00},
	pages = {160-161},
	publisher = {WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH \& Co.},
	address = {Genova, Italy},
	abstract = {<p>The success of many stem cell applications in the biomedical field is highly dependent on the development of reliable techniques either for isolation or selection of specific cell populations with a very high yield and purity.<sup>1</sup> In this work we propose the use of chitosan microparticles (μPs) to capture a specific cell type based in the concept of antibody-antigen binding. Our goal was to create new biomaterials capable of selecting within a heterotypic cell suspension, a specific sub-population, and supporting subsequent cell expansion. Such system simultaneously allows the selection and acts as a microcarrier for a specific target, thus reducing cell manipulation and time-consumption.</p>},
	keywords = {cell expansion, cell separation, microcarriers},
	author = {Cust{\'o}dio, C. A. and Cerqueira, M. T. and Marques, A. P. and Reis, R. L. and Mano, J. F.}
}
