Mechanical deformation of cultured cells with hydrogels

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1627, Issue , 2017, Pages 245-251

  Worthen, Christal A ^b   Rittié, Laure ^a,b   Fisher, Gary J ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Fibroblasts; Hydrogels; Multiwell; Polyacrylamide; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SILASTIC; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; DNA EXTRACTION; FIBROBLAST; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA EXTRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANICS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 85028473390     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7113-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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