Large, but not Small Sustained Tensile Strains Stimulate Adipogenesis in Culture

Nutrition Therapy and the Management of Obesity and Diabetes: An Update

(2011) Gillian G. Arathuzik et al.   Current Diabetes Reports

Rho and Rho-Kinase Activity in Adipocytes Contributes to a Vicious Cycle in Obesity That May Involve Mechanical Stretch

(2011) Y. Hara et al.   Science Signaling

Osteocyte Mechanobiology and Pericellular Mechanics

(2010) Christopher R. Jacobs et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Fat cell turnover in humans

(2010) Peter Arner et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Evaluation of the effect of trunk tilt on compressive soft tissue deformations under the ischial tuberosities using weight-bearing MRI

(2010) Nogah Shabshin et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Effects of Intramuscular Fat Infiltration, Scarring, and Spasticity on the Risk for Sitting-Acquired Deep Tissue Injury in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

(2010) Ran Sopher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Use of weight-bearing MRI for evaluating wheelchair cushions based on internal soft-tissue deformations under ischial tuberosities

(2010) Nogah Shabshin et al.   JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Reversible Adipose Tissue Enlargement Induced by External Tissue Suspension: Possible Contribution of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in the Preservation of Enlarged Tissue

(2010) Harunosuke Kato et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Quantitative Monitoring of Lipid Accumulation Over Time in Cultured Adipocytes as Function of Culture Conditions: Toward Controlled Adipose Tissue Engineering

(2010) Shira Or-Tzadikario et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS

Membrane-Stretch-Induced Cell Death in Deep Tissue Injury: Computer Model Studies

(2009) Noa Slomka et al.   Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Compressive force inhibits adipogenesis through COX-2-mediated down-regulation of PPARγ2 and C/EBPα

(2009) Md. Golam Hossain et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Cyclic stretch-induced TGFβ1/Smad signaling inhibits adipogenesis in umbilical cord progenitor cells

(2008) Neill J. Turner et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Involvement of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Synergistic Effect of Cyclic Stretching and Eicosapentaenoic Acid on Adipocyte Differentiation

(2008) Yoshiyuki Tanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanotransduction gone awry

(2008) Diana E. Jaalouk et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Strains and stresses in sub-dermal tissues of the buttocks are greater in paraplegics than in healthy during sitting

(2007) Eran Linder-Ganz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS