Review: Roles of microenvironment and mechanical forces in cell and tissue remodeling

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-244

  Su, Fong Chin ^a   Wu, Chia Ching ^a   Chien, Shu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell biomechanics; External force; Signal transduction; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FORCES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EXTERNAL FORCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALS; MAGNITUDE SCALE; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MECHANICAL FORCE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; SINGLE CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TISSUE BIOMECHANICS; TISSUE LEVELS; TISSUE REMODELING; TWO-DIMENSION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMECHANICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TISSUE;

CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CELL REGENERATION; CELL REMODELING; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COMPRESSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRESSURE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; STRETCHING; TENSION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REMODELING; TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80053234647     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.944     Document Type: Review

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