Viscoelastic properties of cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells exposed to shear stress

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-467

  Sato, Masaaki ^a,c   Ohshima, N ^a   Nerem, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Endothelial cell; Micropipette technique; Shear stress; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPES; SHEAR STRESS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; MICROPIPETTE TECHNIQUE; PARALLEL PLATE FLOW CHAMBER; PORCINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; SOLENOID VALUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SWINE; TELEVISION CAMERA; VALVE; VIDEOTAPE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0030131099     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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