Tensile properties of vascular smooth muscle cells: Bridging vascular and cellular biomechanics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 745-755

  Matsumoto, Takeo ^a   Nagayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular biomechanics; Cytoskeletal networks; Mechanical properties; Stress fibers

Indexed keywords

CELL MECHANICS; CYTOSKELETAL FILAMENTS; CYTOSKELETAL NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; INTRACELLULAR COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL ADAPTATION; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; MICROTUBULES; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; STRESS FIBERS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASCULAR WALL;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESSES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETON; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RABBITS; RATS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84857648170     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.014     Document Type: Review

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