Simulation of the contractile response of cells on an array of micro-posts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1902, 2009, Pages 3477-3497

  Mcgarry, J P ^a   Fu, J ^b   Yang, M T ^b   Chen, C S ^b   Mcmeeking, R M ^c   Evans, A G ^c   Deshpande, V S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Contractility; Mechano sensitivity; Stress fibre

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FORECASTING; TISSUE;

ACTIN; CELL BOUNDARY; CELL PERIPHERY; CHEMO-MECHANICAL MODEL; CONTRACTILITY; MAXIMUM STRESS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANO-SENSITIVITY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; STRESS FIBRE; STRESS FIBRES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FIBROBLAST; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FIBROBLASTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 69649099835     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0097     Document Type: Article

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