Dynamic mechanical conditioning of collagen-gel blood vessel constructs induces remodeling in vitro

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 351-362

  Seliktar, Dror ^a   Black, Richard A ^b   Vito, Raymond P ^a   Nerem, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLAGEN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GELS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

CYCLIC STRAIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BLOOD VESSELS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREACTORS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; GELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS;

EID: 0033623703     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.275     Document Type: Article

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