The modulus of fibroblast-populated collagen gels is not determined by final collagen and cell concentration: Experiments and an inclusion-based model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Evans, Michael C ^a   Barocas, Victor H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL TISSUES; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; COLLAGEN CONCENTRATION; COLLAGEN GELS; DENSE REGION; EQUILIBRIUM MODULI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEL COMPACTION; GEL MECHANICS; IN-VITRO; MATRIX; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; NEW MODEL; SPHERICAL INCLUSION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; COMPACTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIBROBLASTS; INCLUSIONS; TISSUE;

GELS;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949135073     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000064     Document Type: Article

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