Cyclic stretching of soft substrates induces spreading and growth

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cui, Yidan ^a   Hameed, Feroz M ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Lee, Kyunghee ^a   Pan, Catherine Qiurong ^a   Park, Sungsu ^a,b   Sheetz, Michael ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL ORGANELLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH; MATRIX; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPREADING; FIBROBLAST; STRESS FIBER; STRETCHING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84923333226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7333     Document Type: Article

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