Microfabricated substrates as a tool to study cell mechanotransduction

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 965-976

  Le Digabel, Jimmy ^a   Ghibaudo, Marion ^a   Trichet, Léa ^a   Richert, Alain ^a   Ladoux, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Cell contractility; Cell mechanics; Integrins; Mechanotransduction; Microfabrication; Substrate stiffness; Topography

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTIONS; CELL MECHANICS; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CELLULAR RESPONSE; INTEGRINS; MECHANICAL CELLS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROFABRICATED SUBSTRATES; MICROFABRICATION METHODS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; SURROUNDING MATRIX; TOPOGRAPHY SENSING; TRANSMISSION OF FORCES;

ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMACHINING; STIFFNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SUBSTRATES;

ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957775132     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0619-9     Document Type: Review

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