A dynamic stochastic model of frequency-dependent stress fiber alignment induced by cyclic stretch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Hsu, Hai Ju ^a   Lee, Chin Fu ^a   Kaunas, Roland ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRESS FIBER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ANIMAL; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; KINETICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 63449134731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004853     Document Type: Article

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