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Mechanical Regulation of Cell Death

Creator:

Goldblatt, Zachary

Advisor:

Billiar, Kristen

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2020-11-02

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Biomedical Engineering
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
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
Biaxial stretch effects on fibroblast-mediated remodeling of fibrin gel equivalents

Keyword:

mechanobiology, matrix remodeling, fibroblast, and cyclic stretch

Creator:

Balestrini, Jenna Leigh

Advisor:

Billiar, Kristen

Publisher:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date Created:

2009-08-14

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Degree:

PhD

Unit (Department):

Biomedical Engineering