%0 Journal Article %T Encapsulation of macrophages enhances their retention and angiogenic potential %A Alberto Smith %A Ashish S. Patel %A Bijan Modarai %A Francesca E. Ludwinski %A Gopinath Damodaran %A Joanna Furmston %A Jun Cho %A Qingbo Xu %A Suwan N. Jayasinghe %J Archive of "NPJ Regenerative Medicine". %D 2019 %R 10.1038/s41536-019-0068-5 %X Optimisation of capsule generation. a The diameter of alginate capsules generated under a range of alginate concentrations (0.8% and 1.0%), and encapsulator flow rates (2¨C12£¿ml/min) was measured microscopically (n£¿=£¿10/group). b Variation of the encapsulator voltage settings influenced the diameter of capsules generated (n£¿=£¿5/group, error bars£¿=£¿s.d.). c Consistently round 300£¿¦Ìm diameter capsules were generated using 1.0% alginate with a flow rate of 12£¿ml/min and were used to encapsulate Tie2-iBMMs at a cell density of 1£¿¡Á£¿107£¿cells/ml. Scale bar£¿=£¿100£¿¦Ì %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426993/