Controlling cell responses to cyclic mechanical stretching

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Wang, James H C ^a,b   Yang, Guoguang ^a   Li, Zhaozhu ^a  

^a MechanoBiology Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; Alignment; Fibroblasts; Mechanobiology; Silicone microgrooves

Indexed keywords

Α-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; FIBROBLASTS; MECHANOBIOLOGY; SILICONE MICROGROOVES;

ACRYLICS; CAMERAS; DIGITAL DEVICES; GENES; PROTEINS; SILICON; TENDONS;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROMANIPULATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 17444370205     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-1736-8     Document Type: Article

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