A finite element prediction of strain on cells in a highly porous collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffold

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Stops, A J F ^a   McMahon, L A ^b   O'Mahoney, D ^a   Prendergast, P J ^b   McHugh, P E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cell strain; Finite element analysis; Mechanobiology; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

CELL RESPONSES; CELL STRAIN; CELLULAR ATTACHMENTS; CELLULAR LEVELS; CELLULAR RESPONSES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; EXTERNAL-; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT PREDICTIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDIES; LOAD TRANSFERS; MACROSCOPIC STRAINS; MECHANICAL STIMULATIONS; MECHANOBIOLOGY; POROUS SCAFFOLDS; UNIAXIAL STRAINS;

COLLAGEN; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; RAT; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEM CELL; STIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WISTAR RAT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 58149188069     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2979873     Document Type: Article

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