Analysis of the contraction of fibroblast-collagen gels and the traction force of individual cells by a novel elementary structural model

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 6232-6235

  Feng, Z ^a   Wagatsuma, Y ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Kosawada, T ^a   Sato, D ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Kitajima, T ^b   Umezu, M ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN CONCENTRATION; FIBRILLAR NETWORKS; FLOATING CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; MAXIMUM TRACTIONS; MECHANICAL MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS;

TRACTION (FRICTION);

COLLAGEN; GEL;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBROBLAST; GEL; PHARMACOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84886492259     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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