arXiv Open Access 2013

Viscoelastic Properties of Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Stretch

Kathryn Osterday Thomas Chew Phillip Loury Jason Haga Manuel Gomez-Gonzalez +2 lainnya

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In this paper, we study how cytoskeletal remodeling is correlated to changes in subcellular microrheology. We analyze the changes in the magnitude and directionality of the shear and elastic moduli of bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) exposed to cyclical, uniaxial stretch. We find that, when stretched, BAECs stiffen and align their softest direction of mechanical polarization perpendicular to stretch. We hypothesize that the response of VECs to stretch acts to minimize intracellular strain in response to stress.

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q-bio.QM cond-mat.soft physics.bio-ph q-bio.CB

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Kathryn Osterday

Thomas Chew

Phillip Loury

Jason Haga

Manuel Gomez-Gonzalez

Juan C. del Alamo

Shu Chien

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Osterday, K., Chew, T., Loury, P., Haga, J., Gomez-Gonzalez, M., Alamo, J.C.d. et al. (2013). Viscoelastic Properties of Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Stretch. https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.2683

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Tahun Terbit: 2013
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓