Mechanical Stretch on Human Skin Equivalents Increases the Epidermal Thickness and Develops the Basement Membrane

Biological effects of cellular stretch on human dermal fibroblasts

(2013) Chenyu Huang et al.   Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Enhanced Keratinocyte Proliferation and Migration in Co-culture with Fibroblasts

(2012) Zhenxiang Wang et al.   PLoS One

Dynamic mechanical stimulations induce anisotropy and improve the tensile properties of engineered tissues produced without exogenous scaffolding

(2011) Robert Gauvin et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Cyclic stretch induces upregulation of endothelin-1 with keratinocytes in vitro: Possible role in mechanical stress-induced hyperpigmentation

(2011) Masakazu Kurita et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The mechanical stimulation of cells in 3D culture within a self-assembling peptide hydrogel

(2011) Yusuke Nagai et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Engineering human neo-tendon tissue in vitro with human dermal fibroblasts under static mechanical strain

(2009) Dan Deng et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Controlled cyclic stretch bioreactor for tissue-engineered heart valves

(2009) Zeeshan H. Syedain et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Living skin equivalents constructed using human amnions as a matrix

(2009) Lujun Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Role of integrins and focal adhesion kinase in the orientation of dermal fibroblasts exposed to cyclic strain

(2009) Huang Wen et al.   International Wound Journal

Plasmin induces degradation and dysfunction of laminin 332 (laminin 5) and impaired assembly of basement membrane at the dermal–epidermal junction

(2008) Y. Ogura et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

The Effect of Different Frequencies of Stretch on Human Dermal Keratinocyte Proliferation and Survival

(2008) Kengo Nishimura et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Effects of tensile and compressive strains on response of a chondrocytic cell line embedded in type I collagen gel

(2007) Yuji Hirano et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

The basement membrane microenvironment directs the normalization and survival of bioengineered human skin equivalents

(2007) N SEGAL et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY