Whole cell mechanics of contractile fibroblasts: Relations between effective cellular and extracellular matrix moduli

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1912, 2010, Pages 635-654

  Marquez, J Pablo ^a   Elson, Elliot L ^a   Genin, Guy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular biophysics; Contractile fibroblasts; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; FIBROBLASTS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SOLIDS; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ARTIFICIAL TISSUES; BASELINE VALUES; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS; CONTRACTILE FIBROBLASTS; ELASTIC SOLIDS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; ISOTROPIC CELL; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; RECONSTITUTED COLLAGEN; SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURE; TANGENT MODULI; TESTING ENVIRONMENT; TYPE I COLLAGEN; WHOLE CELL; WOUND HEALING;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 76949108233     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0240     Document Type: Review

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