Quantitative analysis of collagen gel contractile forces generated by dermal fibroblasts and the relationship to cell morphology

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-42

  Eastwood, Mark ^a,b   Porter, Rebecca ^a   Khan, Umraz ^a   McGrouther, Gus ^a   Brown, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORCE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; COLLAGEN; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030066486     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199601)166:1<33::AID-JCP4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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