A novel multiwell device to study vascular smooth muscle cell responses under cyclic strain

Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Tata, Uday ^a   Xu, Hao ^a,b   Rao, Smitha M N ^a   Chuong, Cheng Jen ^a   Nguyen, Kytai T ^a   Chiao, J C ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Cell proliferation; Growth factors; Stretch; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CELL ALIGNMENT; COMBINED EFFECT; CYCLIC STRAIN; CYCLIC STRETCH; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTORS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MITOGENIC EFFECTS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS; STATIC CONTROL; STRETCH; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL RESPONSE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

ADHESION; ALIGNMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROCHANNELS; MUSCLE; PEPTIDES;

CELLS;

EID: 79957551673     PISSN: 19492944     EISSN: 19492952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003928     Document Type: Article

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