A novel in-vitro system for the simultaneous exposure of bladder smooth muscle cells to mechanical strain and sustained hydrostatic pressure

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 208-213

  Haberstroh, Karen M ^a   Kaefer, Martin ^a   DePaola, Natacha ^a   Frommer, Sarah A ^a   Bizios, Rena ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Collagen Type I; Collagen Type III; Heparin Binding Epidermal Growth Factor; Hydrostrain System; Mechanical Forces; mRNA; Smooth Muscle Cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COLLAGEN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; RNA;

HYDROSTRAIN SYSTEM;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER MUSCLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEOLOGY; SHEEP; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY BLADDER;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036112312     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1449903     Document Type: Article

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