Extracellular matrix and the mechanics of large artery development

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1169-1186

  Cheng, Jeffrey K ^a   Wagenseil, Jessica E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Biomechanics; Collagen; Elastin

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLYCOPROTEINS;

AORTA; CARDIAC CYCLES; CYCLIC DISTENSIONS; ELASTIC ARTERY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS; LEFT VENTRICLES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MINIMAL ENERGY;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84870770165     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0405-8     Document Type: Article

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