Development of Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates with Tunable Elastic Modulus to Study Cell Mechanobiology in Muscle and Nerve

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Palchesko, Rachelle N ^a,b   Zhang, Ling ^a   Sun, Yan ^a,c   Feinberg, Adam W ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WETTABILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE CELLS; NEURITES; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; RATS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84871150286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051499     Document Type: Article

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