Mechanical anisotropy of rat aortic smooth muscle cells decreases with their contraction (Possible effect of actin filament orientation)

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 985-991

  Nagayama, Kazuaki ^a   Matsumoto, Takeo ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular biomechanics; Mechanical properties; Normalized stiffness; Smooth muscle contraction; Stress fibers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LABORATORIES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MUSCLE; TENSILE TESTING;

ACTIN FILAMENTS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; TENSILE TESTERS;

CELLS;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844337429     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.47.985     Document Type: Article

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