Effect of hypertension on contractile and mechanical properties of smooth muscle cells isolated from rat thoracic aortas

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 50, Issue , 2001, Pages 613-614

  Matsumoto, Takeo ^a   Yamamoto, Mitsunobu ^a   Seo, Shinji ^a   Sato, Junpei ^a   Sato, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELASTIC MODULI; ENZYMES; POLYETHYLENES; STRAIN; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

MUSCLES CELLS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 0242609850     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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3. Matsumoto, T., Sato, J., Yamamoto, M., and Sato, M., in press, "Smooth Muscle Cells Freshly Isolated from Rat Thoracic Aortas are Much Stiffer than Cultured Bovine Cells: Possible Effect of Phenotype," JSME International Journal, Series C.
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6. Hasegawa, Y., Miyazaki, H., and Hayashi, K., 2000, "Tensile Property of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells," Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Japan Society of Medical Electronics & Biological Engineering, p.406.