Determination of local and global elastic moduli of valve interstitial cells cultured on soft substrates

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1967-1971

  Liu, Haijiao ^a,b   Sun, Yu ^a,b   Simmons, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell mechanics; Heart valve; Substrate elasticity

Indexed keywords

CELL MECHANICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HEART VALVES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CELLS; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS; TECHNICAL GUIDELINES; VALVE INTERSTITIAL CELLS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INTERSTITIAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SWINE; THICKNESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MECHANICS; HEART VALVE; SUBSTRATE ELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SUS SCROFA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84880043804     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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