Evaluation of lateral mechanical tension in thin-film tissue constructs

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1243-1251

  Trzewik, J ^a   Artmann Temiz, A ^a   Linder, P T ^a   Demirci, T ^a   Digel, I ^a   Artmann, G M ^a,b  

^a AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Department of Cell Biophysics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell drum; Cell force; Collagen gel; Connective tissue; Fibroblasts; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; REDUCTION; STRAIN GAGES; THIN FILMS;

CELL DRUM; CELL FORCE; COLLAGEN GEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FIBROBLASTS; WOUND HEALING;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION STUDY;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES; MICE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 5444252191     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/B:ABME.0000039358.71180.9a     Document Type: Article

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