Mechanics and contraction dynamics of single platelets and implications for clot stiffening

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Lam, Wilbur A ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Ovijit ^a   Crow, Ailey ^c   Webster, Kevin D ^c   Li, Tai De ^a   Kita, Ashley ^a   Huang, James ^b   Fletcher, Daniel A ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; MECHANICS;

ACTIVE MATERIAL; CONTRACTILE FORCE; MECHANOSENSITIVITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS; SINGLE CELLS; STRAIN STIFFENING; VASCULAR INJURY;

PLATELETS;

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; ELASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; TIME;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; CLOT RETRACTION; ELASTICITY; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650276408     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2903     Document Type: Article

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