Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 1484-1492 , 2007

Effects of extracellular fiber architecture on cell membrane shear stress in a 3D fibrous matrix

  • John A. Pedersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    • ,
  • Federica Boschetti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Melody A. Swartz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    • Institute of Bioengineering, SV/IBI/LMBM, Station 15, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Bioengineering, SV/IBI/LMBM, Station 15, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Switzerland. Tel.: +41216939686; fax: +41216931660.

,Accepted 26 June 2006.

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PII: S0021-9290(06)00237-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.06.023

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 1484-1492 , 2007

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