A low-cost uniaxial cell stretcher for six parallel wells

Cells in the lungs, the heart, and numerous other organs, are constantly exposed to dynamic forces and deformations. To mimic these dynamic mechanical loading conditions and to study the resulting cellular responses such as morphological changes or the activation of biochemical signaling pathways, c...

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Main Authors: Delf Kah, Alexander Winterl, Magdalena Přechová, Ulrike Schöler, Werner Schneider, Oliver Friedrich, Martin Gregor, Ben Fabry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:HardwareX
Subjects:
YAP
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067220300717