Matrix stiffness: A regulator of cellular behavior and tissue formation

Engineering Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine: Novel Technologies for Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-37

  Mason, Brooke N ^a   Califano, Joseph P ^a   Reinhart King, Cynthia A ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TISSUE;

CELL-MATRIX ADHESION; CELLULAR BEHAVIORS; CELLULAR DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULUS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 84955380440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1080-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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