Initial fiber alignment pattern alters extracellular matrix synthesis in fibroblast-populated fibrin gel cruciforms and correlates with predicted tension

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 714-729

  Sander, E A ^a   Barocas, V H ^a   Tranquillo, R T ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrin; Mechanical properties; Remodeling; Tension

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED FIBERS; BIAXIAL TESTING; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL TRACTION FORCE; COLLAGEN DEPOSITION; CONTACT GUIDANCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SYNTHESIS; FIBER ALIGNMENT; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GELS; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; REMODELING; SEM IMAGING; TENSION;

ALIGNMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FIBERS; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; GEOMETRY; STRESSES; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE; TRACTION (FRICTION);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; FIBROBLAST; GEL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROFIBRILS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79951549527     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0192-2     Document Type: Article

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