Influence of cell and collagen concentration on the cell-matrix mechanical relationship in a corneal stroma wound healing model

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 584-591

  Ahearne, Mark ^a   Wilson, Samantha L ^a   Liu, Kuo Kang ^b   Rauz, Saaeha ^c   El Haj, Alicia J ^a   Yang, Ying ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell matrix interactions; Collagen; Corneal biomechanics; Corneal fibroblasts; Corneal stroma; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTINS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78049524266     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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