Mechanical anisotropy of adherent cells probed by a three-dimensional magnetic twisting device

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 5 56-5, 2004, Pages

  Hu, Shaohua ^a   Eberhard, Luc ^c   Chen, Jianxin ^a   Love, J Christopher ^b   Butler, James P ^a   Fredberg, Jeffrey J ^a   Whitesides, George M ^b   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EOL Eberhard ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Mechanical deformation; Mechanotransduction; Prestress; Stress fibers

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AIRWAY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANISOTROPY; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 6044235528     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00224.2004     Document Type: Article

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