Cell morphology and focal adhesion location alters internal cell stress

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 101, 2014, Pages

  Mullen, C A ^a   Vaughan, T J ^a   Voisin, M C ^a   Brennan, M A ^b   Layrolle, P ^b   McNamara, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Extracellular mechanical environment; Finite element; Focal adhesion; Osteoblast; Osteocyte; Single cell force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOBILE SECURITY; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOBLASTS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FOCAL ADHESIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; OSTEOCYTES; SINGLE CELLS; SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS;

CELLS;

COLLAGEN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; CELL BODY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOCAL ADHESION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; RIGIDITY; STRESS; TENSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOGENESIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927142616     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0885     Document Type: Article

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