%0 journal article %@ 1386-0291 %A Hiebl, B., Fuhrmann, R., Costa, M.E.V., Almeida, M.M., Franke, R.-P. %D 2008 %J Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation %N 1 %P 37-50 %R doi:10.3233/CH-2008-1061 %T In vitro 3D assay to test angiogenic effects of human CD14+ monocytes seeded on macroporous PLGA/CaP polymers with a CaP nanostructured surface %U https://doi.org/10.3233/CH-2008-1061 1 %X The study demonstrated that this assay is suitable to test angiogenic effects by stimulated human CD14+ monocytes on human microvascular endothelial cells influenced by Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/CaP scaffolds with a nanostructured CaP surface. The assay can exclude effects on migration caused by gravity and also allows testing in a physiological environment on an extracellular matrix secreted by endothelial cells.