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1. Regulating Valvular Interstitial Cell Phenotype by Boundary Stiffness

Keyword:: myofibroblast, valvular interstitiat cells, residual tension, TGF-β, 3, stiffness, cell-generated force, tension reduction, Heart valves, fibrin gel, and contraction
Creator:: Kural, Mehmet Hamdi
Advisor:: Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-06-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

2. Cell sensing on strain-stiffening substrates is not fully explained by the nonlinear mechanical property

Keyword:: effective stiffness, Non-linear , extracellular matrix, Fibroblasts, mechanosensing, linear, strain-stiffening, and cell spreading
Creator:: Rudnicki, Mathilda Sophia
Advisor:: Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering