Orientation of apical and basal actin stress fibers in isolated and subconfluent endothelial cells as an early response to cyclic stretching

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Ando, Hirokazu ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic stretching; Deformation; Endothelial cell; Orientation; Stress fiber

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; STRAIN;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CYCLIC STRETCHING; FLUORESCENT IMAGES; STRESS FIBER;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

SUS;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; STRESS FIBER; SWINE; TIME;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SEPARATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; STRESS FIBERS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548305053     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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