Long-range force transmission in fibrous matrices enabled by tension-driven alignment of fibers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2592-2603

  Wang, Hailong ^a   Abhilash, A S ^a   Chen, Christopher S ^b   Wells, Rebecca G ^c   Shenoy, Vivek B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR;

EID: 84914165870     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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