Strain amplification and integrin based signaling in osteocytes

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-334

  Wang, Y ^a   McNamara, L M ^b   Schaffler, M B ^b   Weinbaum, Sheldon ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone cell integrins; Bone fluid flow; Lacunar canalicular porosity; Mechanotransduction; Osteocyte processes

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN BETA3; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSTEOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63249115160     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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