Confined compression of a tissue-equivalent: Collagen fibril and cell alignment in response to anisotropic strain

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 568-575

  Girton, T S ^a   Barocas, V H ^a   Tranquillo, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Collagen gel; Confined compression; Contact guidance; Fiber alignment; Fibroblast; Smooth muscle cell; Tissue equivalent

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELLS; COLLAGEN; MUSCLE; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN; TISSUE;

CELL ALIGNMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTA; CELL MOVEMENT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036772404     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1504099     Document Type: Article

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