A system to impose prescribed homogenous strains on cultured cells

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1600-1610

  Waters, Christopher M ^a,b   Glucksberg, Matthew R ^a   Lautenschlager, Eugene P ^c   Lee, Chyh Woei ^a   Van Matre, Reed M ^a   Warp, Richard J ^a   Savla, Ushma ^a   Healy, Kevin E ^a,c   Moran, Brian ^a   Castner, David G ^d   Bearinger, Jane P ^a,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cells; Biaxial strain; Cellular biomechanics; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; SILICONE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0034801926     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.4.1600     Document Type: Article

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