Cell mechanics: Integrating cell responses to mechanical stimuli

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-34

  Janmey, Paul A ^a   McCulloch, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL MEMBRANES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CELL MECHANICS; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; CYTOSKELETAL BIOPOLYMERS; MECHANICAL STIMULI;

BIOMECHANICS;

ION CHANNEL; POLYMER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 35348847063     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.9.060906.151927     Document Type: Review

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