Fibrin Fiber Stiffness Is Strongly Affected by Fiber Diameter, but Not by Fibrinogen Glycation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1400-1410

  Li, Wei ^a   Sigley, Justin ^a   Pieters, Marlien ^b   Helms, Christine Carlisle ^c   Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran ^d   Weisel, John W ^d   Guthold, Martin ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES;

EID: 84964324799     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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