Search Results - "Steward Jr, Robert"

Unjamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airway epithelium by Park, Jin-Ah, Kim, Jae Hun, Bi, Dapeng, Mitchel, Jennifer A., Qazvini, Nader Taheri, Tantisira, Kelan, Park, Chan Young, McGill, Maureen, Kim, Sae-Hoon, Gweon, Bomi, Notbohm, Jacob, Steward Jr, Robert, Burger, Stephanie, Randell, Scott H., Kho, Alvin T., Tambe, Dhananjay T., Hardin, Corey, Shore, Stephanie A., Israel, Elliot, Weitz, David A., Tschumperlin, Daniel J., Henske, Elizabeth P., Weiss, Scott T., Manning, M. Lisa, Butler, James P., Drazen, Jeffrey M., Fredberg, Jeffrey J.

“…From coffee beans flowing in a chute to cells remodelling in a living tissue, a wide variety of close-packed collective systems—both inert and living—have the…”
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Bio-Inspired Microdevices that Mimic the Human Vasculature by Islam, Md Mydul, Beverung, Sean, Steward, Jr, Robert

“…Blood vessels may be found throughout the entire body and their importance to human life is undeniable. This is evident in the fact that a malfunctioning blood…”
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Defining the role of syndecan-4 in mechanotransduction using surface-modification approaches by Bellin, Robert M, Kubicek, James D, Frigault, Matthew J, Kamien, Andrew J, Steward, Robert L. Jr, Barnes, Hillary M, DiGiacomo, Michael B, Duncan, Luke J, Edgerly, Christina K, Morse, Elizabeth M, Park, Chan Young, Fredberg, Jeffrey J, Cheng, Chao-Min, LeDuc, Philip R

“…The ability of cells to respond to external mechanical stimulation is a complex and robust process involving a diversity of molecular interactions. Although…”
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Probing localized neural mechanotransduction through surface-modified elastomeric matrices and electrophysiology by LeDuc, Philip R, Chen, Chih-Cheng, Cheng, Chao-Min, Lin, Yi-Wen, Bellin, Robert M, Steward, Robert L, Cheng, Yuan-Ren

“…Mechanotransduction of sensory neurons is of great interest to the scientific community, especially in areas such as pain, neurobiology, cardiovascular…”
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Stiffness Decouples Cellular Mechanosensation by Subramanianbalachandar, Vignesharavind, Steward, Robert

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Illuminating human health through cell mechanics by Steward, Jr, Robert L, Rosner, Sonia R, Zhou, Enhua H, Fredberg, Jeffrey J

“…Cells reside in mechanically rich and dynamic microenvironments, and the complex interplay between mechanics and biology is widely acknowledged. Recent…”
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Extracellular matrix composition alters endothelial force transmission by Subramanian Balachandar, Vignesh Aravind, Steward, Jr, Robert L

“…Extracellular matrix (ECM) composition is important in a host of pathophysiological processes such as angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, and diabetes, and during…”
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Fluid shear, intercellular stress, and endothelial cell alignment by Steward, Jr, Robert, Tambe, Dhananjay, Hardin, C Corey, Krishnan, Ramaswamy, Fredberg, Jeffrey J

“…Endothelial cell alignment along the direction of laminar fluid flow is widely understood to be a defining morphological feature of vascular homeostasis. While…”
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Open-source, 3D-printed Peristaltic Pumps for Small Volume Point-of-Care Liquid Handling by Behrens, Michael R., Fuller, Haley C., Swist, Emily R., Wu, Jingwen, Islam, Md. Mydul, Long, Zhicheng, Ruder, Warren C., Steward, Robert

“…Microfluidic technologies are frequently employed as point-of-care diagnostic tools for improving time-to-diagnosis and improving patient outcomes in clinical…”
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Lab-on-a-Chip for Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology by Beverung, Sean, Wu, Jingwen, Steward, Jr, Robert

“…Lab-on-a-chip technologies have allowed researchers to acquire a flexible, yet relatively inexpensive testbed to study one of the leading causes of death…”
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How can we predict cellular mechanosensation?: Comment on “Cellular mechanosensing of the biophysical microenvironment: A review of mathematical models of biophysical regulation of cell responses” by Bo Cheng et al by Wu, Jingwen, LeDuc, Philip, Steward, Robert

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Variable fluid flow regimes alter human brain microvascular endothelial cell–cell junctions and cytoskeletal structure by Ranadewa, Dilshan, Wu, Jingwen, Subramanianbalachandar, Vignesh A., Steward, Robert L.

“…The human brain microvasculature is constantly exposed to variable fluid flow regimes and their influence on the endothelium depends in part on the synchronous…”
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2D and 3D Mechanobiology in Human and Nonhuman Systems by Warren, Kristin M, Islam, Md. Mydul, LeDuc, Philip R, Steward, Robert

“…Mechanobiology involves the investigation of mechanical forces and their effect on the development, physiology, and pathology of biological systems. The human…”
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Cellular force signal integration through vector logic gates by Steward, Robert L, Tan, Cheemeng, Cheng, Chao-Min, LeDuc, Philip R

“…Abstract The multi-signal mechanical environment mammalian cells experience is often unaccounted for in current mechanical stimulation studies. To address this…”
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Probing cell structure by controlling the mechanical environment with cell–substrate interactions by Cheng, Chao-Min, Steward, Robert L, LeDuc, Philip R

“…Abstract Recent results demonstrate the exquisite sensitivity of cell morphology and structure to mechanical stimulation. Mechanical stimulation is often…”
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Mechanical stretch and shear flow induced reorganization and recruitment of fibronectin in fibroblasts by Steward, Robert L., Cheng, Chao-Min, Ye, Jonathan D., Bellin, Robert M., LeDuc, Philip R.

“…It was our objective to study the role of mechanical stimulation on fibronectin (FN) reorganization and recruitment by exposing fibroblasts to shear fluid flow…”
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Probing Cell Structure Responses Through a Shear and Stretching Mechanical Stimulation Technique by Steward, Robert L., Cheng, Chao-Min, Wang, Danny L., LeDuc, Philip R.

“…Cells are complex, dynamic systems that respond to various in vivo stimuli including chemical, mechanical, and scaffolding alterations. The influence of…”
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Probing Cellular Behavior Response Through Dual Mechanical Stimulation by Steward, Robert L

“…Cells have the astounding ability to sense and respond to numerous external mechanical stimuli. This stimuli which may be in the form of tension, compression,…”
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Probing Cellular Behavior Response Through Dual Mechanical Stimulation by Steward, Robert L., Jr

“…Cells have the astounding ability to sense and respond to numerous external mechanical stimuli. This stimuli which may be in the form of tension, compression,…”
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