Mechanical properties of cultured human airway smooth muscle cells from 0.05 to 0.4 Hz

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1619-1632

  Maksym, Geoffrey N ^a,d   Fabry, Ben ^b   Butler, James P ^b   Navajas, Daniel ^c   Tschumperlin, Daniel J ^b   Laporte, Johanne D ^b   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction; Cytoskeleton; Magnetic twisting cytometry; Storage modulus; Structural damping; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENERGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMETRY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033778877     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.4.1619     Document Type: Article

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