Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMechanosensitive ion channels such as Piezo1 have fundamental roles in sensing the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix. However, whether and how Piezo1 senses time-dependent matrix mechanical properties, that is, viscoelasticity, remains ...
Mariana A. G. Oliva +11 more
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Time Steps Expandable Inverse Model for Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography Imaging [PDF]
Journal of Medical PhysicsAim: Ultrasound shear wave elastography (USWE) is a noninvasive imaging technique developed in the last two decades for clinical diagnosis. Commercialized tools of USWE perform imaging by measuring tissue elasticity.
Yen-Min Lee
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Effect of filler type on non-linear viscoelastic characteristics of asphalt mastic [PDF]
Archives of Civil Engineering, 2021 This article discusses the rheological tests and analyses based on the Schapery non-linear viscoelasticity model that were performed to study asphalt mastic behaviour under high shear stresses.
Grzegorz Mazurek
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Materials, 2023 The extracellular matrix (ECM) of natural cells typically exhibits dynamic mechanical properties (viscoelasticity and dynamic stiffness). The viscoelasticity and dynamic stiffness of the ECM play a crucial role in biological processes, such as tissue ...
Yuhang Zhang +5 more
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Programmable viscoelasticity in protein-RNA condensates with disordered sticker-spacer polypeptides
Nature Communications, 2021 Liquid-liquid phase separation of multivalent proteins and RNAs drives the formation of biomolecular condensates that facilitate membrane-free compartmentalization of subcellular processes.
Ibraheem Alshareedah +2 more
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Distinguishing thixotropy from viscoelasticity [PDF]
Journal of rheology, 2021 Owing to non-linear viscoelasticity, materials often show characteristic features that resemble those of thixotropy. This issue has been debated in the literature over the past several decades, and several experimental protocols have been proposed to ...
M. Agarwal +3 more
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Hydrogel viscoelasticity modulates migration and fusion of mesenchymal stem cell spheroids
Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, 2022 Multicellular spheroids made of stem cells can act as building blocks that fuse to capture complex aspects of native in vivo environments, but the effect of hydrogel viscoelasticity on cell migration from spheroids and their fusion remains largely ...
David T. Wu +5 more
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Probing the Molecular Mechanism of Viscoelastic Relaxation in Transient Networks
Gels, 2023 Hydrogels, which have polymer networks through supramolecular and reversible interactions, exhibit various mechanical responsibilities to its surroundings.
Shota Michida +2 more
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Tuning Viscoelasticity in Alginate Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture Studies
Current Protocols, 2021 Physical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) affect cell behaviors ranging from cell adhesion and migration to differentiation and gene expression, a process known as mechanotransduction.
Frank W Charbonier +2 more
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PHOTOACOUSTIC VISCOELASTICITY IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES WITH INTENSITY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE LASER [PDF]
Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2013 In this paper, a novel photoacoustic viscoelasticity imaging (PAVEI) technique that provides viscoelastic information of biological tissues is presented.
YUE ZHAO, SIHUA YANG
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