2025
Biomechanics of soft biological tissues and organs, mechanobiology, homeostasis and modelling
Holzapfel G, Humphrey J, Ogden R. Biomechanics of soft biological tissues and organs, mechanobiology, homeostasis and modelling. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2025, 22: 20240361. PMID: 39876788, PMCID: PMC11775666, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft biological tissuesConstitutive relationsLoad-bearing soft tissuesNonlinear stress analysisMethods of continuum mechanicsInelastic constitutive relationsBiomechanics of soft biological tissueDiverse loading conditionsBiological tissuesConstitutive formulationLocal mechanical environmentMechanical behaviorStress analysisLoading conditionsContinuum mechanicsMechanical responseDiverse microstructuresMulti-axialMechanical environmentMechanobiologyTissue propertiesBiomechanical studiesClinical interventionsExperimental findingsMicrostructure
2020
Bioengineering the Blood‐gas Barrier
Leiby KL, Raredon MSB, Niklason LE. Bioengineering the Blood‐gas Barrier. 2020, 10: 415-452. PMID: 32163210, PMCID: PMC7366783, DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c190026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Biomimetic Culture Reactor for Whole-Lung Engineering
Raredon MS, Rocco KA, Gheorghe CP, Sivarapatna A, Ghaedi M, Balestrini JL, Raredon TL, Calle EA, Niklason LE. Biomimetic Culture Reactor for Whole-Lung Engineering. BioResearch Open Access 2016, 5: 72-83. PMID: 27088061, PMCID: PMC4827315, DOI: 10.1089/biores.2016.0006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Microfluidic artificial “vessels” for dynamic mechanical stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells
Zhou J, Niklason LE. Microfluidic artificial “vessels” for dynamic mechanical stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells. Integrative Biology 2012, 4: 1487-1497. PMID: 23114826, PMCID: PMC3628532, DOI: 10.1039/c2ib00171c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywordsbeta CateninBiomechanical PhenomenaBlood VesselsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedEquipment DesignHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsStress, MechanicalSystems BiologyTissue EngineeringTransforming Growth Factor betaWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsVascular tissue engineeringMicrofluidic channelTissue engineeringDynamic mechanical stimulationHydrodynamic actuationDeformable membraneDevice fatigueStem cell mechanobiologyCyclic strainComplex mechanical stimulationMechanical environmentCell mechanobiologyMesenchymal stem cellsPerformance degradationCyclic stimulationStem cellsBiomechanical conditionsCyclic circumferential strainMicrochip platformSignal transduction cascadeMechanical stimulationVascular cell lineagesVersatile platformEngineeringCanonical Wnt/β-catenin
2007
Multi-Lamellar and Multi-Axial Maturation of Cell-Seeded Fiber-Reinforced Tissue Engineered Constructs
Baker B, O’Connell G, Sen S, Nathan A, Elliott D, Mauck R. Multi-Lamellar and Multi-Axial Maturation of Cell-Seeded Fiber-Reinforced Tissue Engineered Constructs. 2007, 1013-1014. DOI: 10.1115/sbc2007-176434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional tissue engineeringLength scalesLaminate structureCompressive loadingMultiple length scalesTensile deformationTensile propertiesCircumferential tensile propertiesTissue engineeringCentimeter length scalesFiber directionTransverse directionRadial tie fibersMechanical environmentKnee meniscusNanoscale interactionsAdjacent layersStructural propertiesCell patterningMechanical functionHorizontal axisAnnulus fibrosusMeniscusDeformationProperties
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