Soft-Tissue Material Properties and Mechanogenetics during Cardiovascular Development.

ABSTRACT: During embryonic development, changes in the cardiovascular microstructure and material properties are essential for an integrated biomechanical understanding. This knowledge also enables realistic predictive computational tools, specifically targeting the formation of congenital heart defects. Material characterization of cardiovascular embryonic tissue at consequent embryonic stages is critical to understand growth, remodeling, and hemodynamic functions. Two biomechanical loading modes, which are wall shear stress and blood pressure, are associated with distinct molecular pathways and govern vascular morphology through microstructural remodeling. Dynamic embryonic tissues have complex signaling networks integrated with mechanical factors such as stress, strain, and stiffness. While the m

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876703 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature