Mechanical strain controls endothelial patterning during angiogenic sprouting

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-473

  Ceccarelli, Jacob ^a   Cheng, Albert ^a   Putnam, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal reflectance; Extracellular matrix; Fibrin; Mechanobiology; Morphogenesis; Polydimethylsiloxane

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874118718     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-012-0242-y     Document Type: Article

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