Mechanical properties of cells and ageing

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-25

  Starodubtseva, Maria N ^a  

^a GOMEL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cell; Cytoskeleton; Elastic modulus; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LENS; LEUKOCYTE; MECHANICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THEORY; THROMBOCYTE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650245769     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.10.005     Document Type: Review

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