Nonuniform strain of substrate induces local development of stress fibers in endothelial cells under uniaxial cyclic stretching

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 37-46

  Ohashi, Toshiro ^a   Masuda, Masanori ^b   Matsumoto, Takeo ^c   Sato, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyota Industries ^*  (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Nonuniform strain; Nuclei; Remodeling; Stress fibers; Uniaxial cyclic stretching

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE; SILICON;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; STRESS FIBER;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MOVEMENT; RHODAMINES; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 34347332431     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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