Microfluidic-assisted cyclic mechanical stimulation affects cellular membrane integrity in a human muscular dystrophy in vitro model

A microscale mechanical stimulator for generating identical in-plane surface strains toward live cells on multiple loading sites

(2014) Qian Wang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

A microscale anisotropic biaxial cell stretching device for applications in mechanobiology

(2013) Dominique Tremblay et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Microdevice array-based identification of distinct mechanobiological response profiles in layer-specific valve interstitial cells

(2013) Christopher Moraes et al.   Integrative Biology

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying muscular dystrophy

(2013) Fedik Rahimov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Microfluidic artificial “vessels” for dynamic mechanical stimulation of mesenchymal stem cells

(2012) Jing Zhou et al.   Integrative Biology

Pathways of Ca2+ entry and cytoskeletal damage following eccentric contractions in mouse skeletal muscle

(2012) Bao-Ting Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Micromechanical stimulator for localized cell loading: fabrication and strain analysis

(2012) Qian Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Microfabrication and characterization of an array of dielectric elastomer actuators generating uniaxial strain to stretch individual cells

(2012) S Akbari et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

X-ROS signaling in the heart and skeletal muscle: Stretch-dependent local ROS regulates [Ca2+]i

(2012) Benjamin L. Prosser et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Mechanism of Stretch-Induced Activation of the Mechanotransducer Zyxin in Vascular Cells

(2012) S. Suresh Babu et al.   Science Signaling

Microtubules Underlie Dysfunction in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2012) R. J. Khairallah et al.   Science Signaling

Stretch-activated calcium channel protein TRPC1 is correlated with the different degrees of the dystrophic phenotype in mdx mice

(2011) Cíntia Yuri Matsumura et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Integrated strain array for cellular mechanobiology studies

(2011) C S Simmons et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Aberrant repair and fibrosis development in skeletal muscle

(2011) Christopher J Mann et al.   Skeletal Muscle

Calcium and the damage pathways in muscular dystrophyThis article is one of a selection of papers published in this special issue on Calcium Signaling.

(2010) David G. Allen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Induces Cardiomyocyte Orientation and Polarization of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin43

(2010) Aida Salameh et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Duchenne muscular dystrophy – What causes the increased membrane permeability in skeletal muscle?

(2010) David G. Allen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Stretch-Induced Stress Fiber Remodeling and the Activations of JNK and ERK Depend on Mechanical Strain Rate, but Not FAK

(2010) Hui-Ju Hsu et al.   PLoS One

Microfabricated arrays for high-throughput screening of cellular response to cyclic substrate deformation

(2009) Christopher Moraes et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Individually programmable cell stretching microwell arrays actuated by a Braille display

(2008) Yoko Kamotani et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Mechanical stimulation of C2C12 cells increases m-calpain expression, focal adhesion plaque protein degradation

(2008) A GROSSI et al.   CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Role of the calcium-calpain pathway in cytoskeletal damage after eccentric contractions

(2008) Bao-Ting Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY