Structural biology response of a collagen hydrogel synthetic extracellular matrix with embedded human fibroblast: computational and experimental analysis

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 721-735

  Manzano, Sara ^a,b   Moreno Loshuertos, Raquel ^a   Doblaré, Manuel ^a,b   Ochoa, Ignacio ^a,b   Hamdy Doweidar, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell substrate; FE computational model; Fibroblast; Hydrogel contraction; Mechano biology; Mechano sensing; Synthetic matrix

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; HYDROGELS; MOBILE SECURITY; SUBSTRATES;

CHARACTERISTIC SHAPES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTINUUM FORMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MECHANO-SENSING; SYNTHETIC EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROGEL;

ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FORCE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84931565427     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: 17410444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-015-1277-8     Document Type: Article

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