A simple device to apply equibiaxial strain to cells cultured on flexible membranes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rana, Obaida R ^a,d   Zobel, Carsten ^b   Saygili, Esra ^b   Brixius, Klara ^b   Gramley, Felix ^a   Schimpf, Thomas ^a   Mischke, Karl ^a   Frechen, Dirk ^a   Knackstedt, Christian ^a   Schwinger, Robert H G ^c   Schauerte, Patrick ^a   Saygili, Erol ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Weiden   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Equibiaxial stretch; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCINEURIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALCINEURIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIA; HYPERTROPHY; KV CHANNEL-INTERACTING PROTEINS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLIABILITY; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SILICONES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38149038521     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00649.2007     Document Type: Article

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