The mechanisms of fibroblast-mediated compaction of collagen gels and the mechanical niche around individual fibroblasts

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 8078-8091

  Feng, Zhonggang ^a   Wagatsuma, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Masato ^a   Kosawada, Tadashi ^a   Nakamura, Takao ^b   Sato, Daisuke ^b   Shirasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Kitajima, Tatsuo ^c   Umezu, Mitsuo ^d  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Collagen; Fibroblast; Hydrogel; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPACTION; FIBROBLASTS; HAMILTONIANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MODELS;

CELLULAR TRACTION; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COMPACTION PROCESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSICAL PICTURES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

CELL CULTURE;

COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN; GEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRETCHING; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GEL; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; HOMEOSTASIS; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84903733163     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.05.072     Document Type: Article

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