Remodeled-matrix contraction by fibroblasts: Numerical investigations

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-296

  Ramtani, S ^a   Fernandes Morin, E ^a   Geiger, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cell traction; Extracellular remodeling; Numerical simulations; Tissue contraction; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLAGEN; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PATHOLOGY;

FIBROBLASTS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOELASTICITY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; CONTRACTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036208186     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(02)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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