Dynamic biaxial loading of vascular smooth muscle cell seeded tissue equivalents
Paukner D, Jennings I, Cyron C, Humphrey J. Dynamic biaxial loading of vascular smooth muscle cell seeded tissue equivalents. Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials 2024, 157: 106639. PMID: 38970943, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCyclic loadingBiaxial loading conditionsPeriod of cyclic loadingStudy cell-matrix interactionsLoad amplitudeUniaxial experimentsDynamic loadingBiaxial forceCruciform samplesLoading conditionsExternal loadMechanical stateBoundary conditionsLoadExtracellular matrixInfluence cell phenotypeMechanical constraintsRange of forcesCell-matrix interactionsCollagen gelsTissue equivalentsForceSynthetic cellsLoad in vivoVascular smooth muscle cells