An experimental system to study mechanotransduction in fetal lung cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yulian ^a   Huang, Zheping ^a   Nayak, Pritha S ^a   Sanchez Esteban, Juan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Differentiation; Fetal; Fibroblasts; Isolation; Issue 60; Lung injury; Mechanical stretch; Type II epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863260900     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3543     Document Type: Article

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