Static axial stretching enhances the mechanical properties and cellular responses of fibrin microthreads

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4367-4376

  Grasman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Pumphrey, Laura M ^a   Dunphy, Melissa ^a   Perez Rogers, James ^a   Pins, George D ^a,b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Fibrin; Microthreads; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CELL ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AXIAL STRETCHING; CARBODIIMIDES; CELL ALIGNMENT; CELLULAR RESPONSE; DEVICE APPLICATION; FIBRIN; MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS; MICROTHREAD; PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

BIOMECHANICS;

CYANAMIDE; FIBRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBRIN POLYMERIZATION; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRETCHING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TOPOGRAPHY; WETTABILITY; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FIBRIN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MYOBLASTS; PROTEOLYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84908254871     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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