Force-driven evolution of mesoscale structure in engineered 3D microtissues and the modulation of tissue stiffening

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5056-5064

  Zhao, Ruogang ^a   Chen, Christopher S ^b,c   Reich, Daniel H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered microtissue; Magnetic actuation; Soft tissue biomechanics; Tissue structure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELLS; COLLAGEN; COMPACTION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROMACHINING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

BOUNDARY CONSTRAINTS; ENGINEERED MICROTISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MAGNETIC ACTUATION; MECHANICAL TESTING SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; SOFT TISSUE BIOMECHANICS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

TISSUE;

3 AMINOPROPIONITRILE; BLEBBISTATIN; COLLAGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORCE; MAGNETIC ACTUATION; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; MESOSCALE TISSUE REMODELING; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STIFFENING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS; 3T3 CELL LINE; ANIMAL; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84898451286     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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