Diamagnetic levitation causes changes in the morphology, cytoskeleton, and focal adhesion proteins expression in osteocytes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-77

  Qian, A R ^a   Wang, L ^a   Gao, X ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Hu, L F ^a   Han, J ^a   Li, J B ^a   Di, S M ^a   Shang, Peng ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; diamagnetic levitation; osteocyte; simulated weightlessness; superconducting magnet

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; APPARENT GRAVITY; BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS; CELL LINES; CELLULAR LEVELS; CYTOSKELETONS; DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GROUND BASED; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LETHAL EFFECTS; LIFE-SCIENCES; MECHANOSENSATION; MICROTUBULES; NUCLEUS SIZE; OSTEOCYTES; PAXILLIN; SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHESION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MAGNETS; MORPHOLOGY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

PROTEINS;

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; PAXILLIN; TALIN; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FOCAL ADHESION; GRAVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; STAINING; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TECHNOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOGRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETICS; MICE; OSTEOCYTES;

EID: 84555218038     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2103377     Document Type: Article

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