Confocal analysis of local and cellular strains in chondrocyte-agarose constructs subjected to mechanical shear

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 860-870

  Sawae, Yoshinori ^a   Shelton, Julia C ^b   Bader, Dan L ^b   Knight, Martin M ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARTILAGE; CELL MEMBRANES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; GELS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; STRAIN;

CELL DEFORMATION; CHONDROCYTES; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; SHEAR STRAINS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; ELASTICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 3242655650     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000030261.38396.c0     Document Type: Article

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