Quantification of Single Human Dermal Fibroblast Contraction

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts

1993 • 2,169 citations

Presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction

1971 • 1,458 citations

Silicone Rubber Substrata: A New Wrinkle in the Study of Cell Locomotion

1980 • 1,333 citations

Fibroblast traction as a mechanism for collagen morphogenesis

1981 • 862 citations

Isometric contraction by fibroblasts and endothelial cells in tissue culture: a quantitative study

1992 • 456 citations

Traction forces of cytokinesis measured with optically modified elastic substrata

1997 • 330 citations

Actin isoforms

1993 • 310 citations

Mechanism of retraction of the trailing edge during fibroblast movement.

1981 • 290 citations

α-Smooth muscle actin is expressed in a subpopulation of cultured and cloned fibroblasts and is modulated by γ-interferon

1992 • 209 citations

A culture force monitor for measurement of contraction forces generated in human dermal fibroblast cultures: evidence for cell-matrix mechanical signalling

1994 • 197 citations

Human Wound Healing Fibroblasts Have Greater Contractile Properties Than Dermal Fibroblasts

1994 • 108 citations

The stress developed by sheets of chick fibroblasts in vitro

1969 • 85 citations

Birefringent Filamentous Organelle in BHK-21 Cells and Its Possible Role in Cell Spreading and Motility

1970 • 73 citations

Contraction and relaxation of cultured mesangial cells on a silicone rubber surface

1986 • 56 citations

Acute endothelial cell contraction in vitro: A comparison with vascular smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts

1992 • 53 citations

Models for Receptor-Mediated Cell Phenomena: Adhesion and Migration

1991 • 46 citations

Force: velocity relationship in single isolated toad stomach smooth muscle cells.

1987 • 34 citations

Hypertrophic scar fibroblasts accelerate collagen gel contraction

1995 • 30 citations

Contraction Potency of Hypertrophic Scar-derived Fibroblasts in a Connective Tissue Model

1995 • 21 citations

Changes in potential difference and short-circuit current produced by electrical stimulation in a nerve-skin preparation of the toad

1966 • 19 citations

A force transducer and a length-ramp generator for mechanical investigations of frog-heart myocytes

1993 • 15 citations

Novel Microelectromechanical System Force Transducer to Quantify Contractile Characteristics from Isolated Cardiac Muscle Cells

1995 • 13 citations

Improved differentiation between luminescence decay components by use of time-resolved optical activity measurements and selective lifetime modulation

1996 • 10 citations