The contribution of cellular mechanotransduction to cardiomyocyte form and function

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1227-1239

  Sheehy, Sean P ^a   Grosberg, Anna ^a   Parker, Kevin Kit ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; ECM; Heart; Mechanotransduction; Sarcomeregenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MECHANISMS; SIGNALING;

CARDIOMYOCYTES; CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULARS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; SARCOMEREGENESIS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

STEM CELLS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84870774328     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-012-0419-2     Document Type: Article

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