Assessment of strain field in endothelial cells subjected to uniaxial deformation of their substrate

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-416

  Caille, N ^a   Tardy, Y ^a   Meister, J J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellular Mechanics; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescent beads; Nucleus deformation; Strain field; Stretch chamber

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICAL STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032066928     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.132     Document Type: Article

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