The effects of ECM stiffness on LEC proliferation and migration were assessed using a tunable polyacrylamide hydrogel system. Differential gene expression in LECs on soft versus stiff substrates was ...

Abstract: As ultra-high voltage transmission technology advances, bundle conductors are increasingly used, and their torsional stiffness significantly influence the stability problems of galloping and ...

A program that follows the finite element method with 1-D elements. This is program was created as a semester project for the class Matrix Structural Analysis - 1D finite elements of the NTUA's School ...

Schematic diagram depicting the mechanism of the rigid matrix regulating cell glycolysis in degenerated NPCs. In degenerated NP tissue, MRTF-A was activated by increased matrix stiffness and ...

Abstract: The determination of critical load in frames is a crucial part of determining the stability of a structure and creating a simplified method of analysis for varying element and frame ...

A new study, led by Prof. Liu from the department of pharmacy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, discovered that the extracellular cell matrix (ECM) could induce the drug ...

(Nanowerk News) Imagine a world inside your body where tiny cells are like workers building and repairing tissue structures. They interact with their surroundings, which include a scaffold called the ...

Vascular calcification and increased extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness are hallmarks of vascular aging. Sox9 (SRY-box transcription factor 9) has been implicated in vascular smooth muscle cell ...