Effects of micropatterned curvature on the motility and mechanical properties of airway smooth muscle cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 415, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-596

  Xu, Jimin ^a   Chen, Cheng ^b   Jiang, Xuemei ^a   Xu, Rong ^a   Tambe, Dhananjay ^c   Zhang, Xiaojuan ^a   Liu, Lina ^d   Lan, Bo ^a   Cai, Kaiyong ^a   Deng, Linhong ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Chongqing Chemical Industry Vocational College   (China)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle cell; Cytoskeleton; Micropatterned curvature; Migration; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; VINCULIN;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRACHEA;

EID: 84855906761     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.111     Document Type: Article

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