Cell response to matrix mechanics: Focus on collagen

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1793, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 893-902

  Plant, Anne L ^a   Bhadriraju, Kiran ^b   Spurlin, Tighe A ^a   Elliott, John T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cell spreading; Collagen; Collagen fibril; Collagen gel; Collagen thin film; Extracellular matrix; Integrin; Mechanical cue; Myosin light chain; Proliferation; Type 1 collagen; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DESICCATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FILM; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67349185055     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.10.012     Document Type: Review

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