Effect of uniaxial, cyclic stretch on the morphology of monocytes/macrophages in culture

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 420-422

  Matsumoto, Takeo ^a   Delafontaine, Patrice ^b   Schnetzer, Karen J ^c   Tong, Betty C ^c   Nerem, Robert M ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CYTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL SEEDING; CYCLIC STRETCH; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MACROPHAGES; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONOCYTES; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; VIDEOPLAIN IMAGE ANALYZER; WHITE BLOOD CELL;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELASTICITY; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUNICA INTIMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030220037     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796026     Document Type: Article

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