Cell orientation influences the biaxial mechanical properties of fibroblast populated collagen vessels

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 720-731

  Wagenseil, Jessica E ^a   Elson, Elliot L ^b   Okamoto, Ruth J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial tissues; Biomechanics; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL TISSUES; CELL ORIENTATION; COLLAGEN VESSELS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POLARITY; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3042792524     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000030237.20057.3e     Document Type: Article

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