Using cell and organ culture models to analyze responses of bone cells to mechanical stimulation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 816, Issue , 2012, Pages 593-619

  Pitsillides, Andrew A ^a   Rawlinson, Simon C F ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Fluid shear; Mechanical load; Mechanical strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DOG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; PERFUSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKENS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; PERFUSION; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84555178725     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-415-5_37     Document Type: Article

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