A microscale anisotropic biaxial cell stretching device for applications in mechanobiology

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 657-665

  Tremblay, Dominique ^a   Chagnon Lessard, Sophie ^a   Mirzaei, Maryam ^a   Pelling, Andrew E ^a   Godin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic deformation; Cell stretching; Live cell imaging; Mechanobiology; Microfabrication; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; SILICONES; STRAIN;

ANISOTROPIC DEFORMATION; CELL STRETCHING; LIVE-CELL IMAGING; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; SUSPENDED MEMBRANES;

DEFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL IMAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896927589     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1381-5     Document Type: Article

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