A device for simultaneous live cell imaging during uni-axial mechanical strain or compression

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 613-620

  Gerstmair, Axel ^a   Fois, Giorgio ^a   Innerbichler, Siegfried ^b   Dietl, Paul ^a   Felder, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Innerbichler GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alveolar; Elastic membrane; Mechanotransduction; Motion compensation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVE CELL IMAGING; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68249142797     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00012.2009     Document Type: Article

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