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Validation of an arterial constitutive model accounting for collagen content and crosslinking.
Acta biomaterialia - 1 Feb 2016
Tian Lian, Wang Zhijie, Liu Yuming, Eickhoff Jens C, Eliceiri Kevin W, Chesler Naomi C
Abstract excerpt
During the progression of pulmonary hypertension (PH), proximal pulmonary arteries (PAs) increase in both thickness and stiffness. Collagen, a component of the extracellular matrix, is mainly responsible for these changes via increased collagen fiber amount (or content) and crosslinking. We sought to differentiate the effects of collagen content and cross-linking on mouse PA mechanical changes using a...
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