Mechanical properties of whole-body soft human tissues: a review

G Singh, A Chanda - Biomedical Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

The stiffness of living tissues and its implications for tissue engineering

CF Guimarães, L Gasperini, AP Marques… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

Matrix stiffness contributes to cancer progression by regulating transcription factors

S Ishihara, H Haga - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Matrix stiffness is recognized as a critical factor in cancer progression.
Recent studies have shown that matrix stiffening is caused by the accumulation, contraction …

MR elastography: Principles, guidelines, and terminology

A Manduca, PV Bayly, RL Ehman… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a phase contrast–based MRI technique that can
measure displacement due to propagating mechanical waves, from which material …

Chronic pancreatitis

J Kleeff, DC Whitcomb, T Shimosegawa… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a pathological fibro-inflammatory syndrome of the
pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental and/or other risk factors who develop …

Measuring the elastic modulus of soft culture surfaces and three-dimensional hydrogels using atomic force microscopy

MDA Norman, SA Ferreira, GM Jowett, L Bozec… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Growing interest in exploring mechanically mediated biological phenomena has resulted in
cell culture substrates and 3D matrices with variable stiffnesses becoming standard tools in …

Targeting the tumor biophysical microenvironment to reduce resistance to immunotherapy

T Zhang, Y Jia, Y Yu, B Zhang, F Xu, H Guo - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy based on immune checkpoint inhibitors has evolved into a new pillar of
cancer treatment in clinics, but dealing with treatment resistance (either primary or acquired) …

Hepatic MR elastography: clinical performance in a series of 1377 consecutive examinations

M Yin, KJ Glaser, JA Talwalkar, J Chen, A Manduca… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the technical success rate and diagnostic performance of liver magnetic
resonance (MR) elastography. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was …

3D In Vitro Models for Investigating the Role of Stiffness in Cancer Invasion

A Micalet, E Moeendarbary… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Background: Tumorigenesis is attributed to the interactions of cancer cells with the tumor
microenvironment through both biochemical cues and physical stimuli. Increased matrix …

[图书][B] Magnetic resonance elastography: physical background and medical applications

S Hirsch, J Braun, I Sack - 2017 - books.google.com
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a medical imaging technique that combines
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mechanical vibrations to generate maps of …