Composite polymer systems with control of local substrate elasticity and their effect on cytoskeletal and morphological characteristics of adherent cells

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3136-3142

  Chou, Szu Yuan ^a   Cheng, Chao Min ^a   LeDuc, Philip R ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell material interactions; Cytoskeleton; Elasticity; Extracellular matrix; Fibroblasts; Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADHERENT CELLS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MORPHOLOGIES; CELL RESPONSE; CELL-MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL AGENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL SYSTEMS; COMPOSITE POLYMERS; CONTROL MATERIALS; CRITICAL RESPONSE; CYTOSKELETAL; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTIC REGIONS; EXTRA-CELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SUBSTRATES; GLOBAL PROPERTIES; ISOLATED CELLS; LINEAR REGIONS; LOCAL PROPERTIES; MECHANO TRANSDUCTIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICRO-ENVIRONMENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE); PROJECTED AREAS; STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATIONS;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TISSUE;

SUBSTRATES;

ACTIN; BIOMATERIAL; CHEMICAL AGENT; CYTOCHALASIN D; POLYMER;

ADHERENT CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NOCODAZOLE;

EID: 64649085315     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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