Aging increases stiffness of cardiac myocytes measured by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 56-2, 2004, Pages

  Lieber, Samuel C ^a,b   Aubry, Nadine ^b   Pain, Jayashree ^a   Diaz, Gissela ^a   Kim, Song Jung ^a   Vatner, Stephen F ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Elastic modulus; Heart; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIASTOLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MALE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 3242701396     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00564.2003     Document Type: Article

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