Equibiaxial cyclic stretch stimulates fibroblasts to rapidly remodel fibrin

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2983-2990

  Balestrini, Jenna Leigh ^a   Billiar, Kristen Lawrence ^a,b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic stretch; Fibrin gel; Fibroblast; Mechanobiology; Remodeling; Strength

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CYCLIC STRETCH; FIBRIN GEL; FIBROBLAST; MECHANOBIOLOGY; REMODELING;

BIOMECHANICS;

FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33751254039     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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