Effect of precise mechanical loading on fibroblast populated collagen lattices: Morphological changes

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-21

  Eastwood, M ^a,b   Mudera, V C ^b   McGrouther, D A ^b   Brown, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell morphology and alignment; Collagen gel; Culture Force Monitor; Fibroblast; Mechanical loading

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031956985     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:1<13::AID-CM2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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