Estimation of single stress fiber stiffness in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells under relaxed and contracted states: Its relation to dynamic rearrangement of stress fibersNAGAYAMA, Kazuaki; MATSUMOTO, Takeo.Journal of biomechanics. 2010, Vol 43, Num 8, pp 1443-1449, issn 0021-9290, 7 p.Article

Analysis of stress and strain distribution in the artery wall consisted of layers with different elastic modulus and opening angleMATSUMOTO, Takeo; SATO, Masaaki.JSME international journal. Series C, Mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing. 2002, Vol 45, Num 4, pp 906-912, issn 1344-7653, 7 p.Article

Contribution of actin filaments and microtubules to quasi-in situ tensile properties and internal force balance of cultured smooth muscle cells on a substrateNAGAYAMA, Kazuaki; MATSUMOTO, Takeo.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 2008, Vol 64, Num 6, issn 0363-6143, C1569-C1578Article

Heterogeneous response of traction force at focal adhesions of vascular smooth muscle cells subjected to macroscopic stretch on a micropillar substrateNAGAYAMA, Kazuaki; ADACHI, Akifumi; MATSUMOTO, Takeo et al.Journal of biomechanics. 2011, Vol 44, Num 15, pp 2699-2705, issn 0021-9290, 7 p.Article

Strain waveform dependence of stress fiber reorientation in cyclically stretched osteoblastic cells: effects of viscoelastic compression of stress fibersNAGAYAMA, Kazuaki; KIMURA, Yuki; MAKINO, Narutaka et al.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology. 2012, Vol 71, Num 5, issn 0363-6143, C1469-C1478Article

Smooth muscle cells freshly isolated from rat thoracic aortas are much stiffer than cultured bovine cells : Possible effect of phenotypeMATSUMOTO, Takeo; SATO, Junpei; YAMAMOTO, Mitsunobu et al.JSME international journal. Series C, Mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing. 2000, Vol 43, Num 4, pp 867-874, issn 1344-7653Article

Tensile properties of vascular smooth muscle cells: Bridging vascular and cellular biomechanicsMATSUMOTO, Takeo; NAGAYAMA, Kazuaki.Journal of biomechanics. 2012, Vol 45, Num 5, pp 745-755, issn 0021-9290, 11 p.Article

Targeted disruption of dermatopontin causes abnormal collagen fibrillogenesisTAKEDA, Ushio; UTANI, Atsushi; JINGHAI WU et al.Journal of investigative dermatology. 2002, Vol 119, Num 3, pp 678-683, issn 0022-202X, 6 p.Article

Mechanical properties and function of the spinal pia materOZAWA, Hiroshi; MATSUMOTO, Takeo; OHASHI, Toshiro et al.Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2004, Vol 1, Num 1, pp 122-127, issn 1547-5654, 6 p.Article

Comparison of spinal cord gray matter and white matter softness: measurement by pipette aspiration methodOZAWA, Hiroshi; MATSUMOTO, Takeo; OHASHI, Toshiro et al.Journal of neurosurgery. 2001, Vol 95, Num 2, pp 221-224, issn 0022-3085, SUPArticle

Surface topography measurement and intracellular stress analysis of cultured endothelial cells exposed to fluid shear stressOHASHI, Toshiro; SUGAWARA, Hironori; MATSUMOTO, Takeo et al.JSME international journal. Series C, Mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing. 2000, Vol 43, Num 4, pp 780-786, issn 1344-7653Article

Effects of pre-impact body orientation on traumatic brain injury in a vehicle―pedestrian collisionTAMURA, Atsutaka; NAKAHIRA, Yuko; IWAMOTO, Masami et al.International journal of vehicle safety (Print). 2008, Vol 3, Num 4, pp 351-370, issn 1479-3105, 20 p.Article

Stretch along the craniocaudal axis improves shape recoverability of the spinal cordOZAWA, Hiroshi; MATSUMOTO, Takeo; OHASHI, Toshiro et al.Journal of biomechanics. 2011, Vol 44, Num 12, pp 2313-2315, issn 0021-9290, 3 p.Article

Rupture properties of blood vessel walls measured by pressure-imposed test : BioengineeringOHASHI, Toshiro; SUGITA, Syukei; MATSUMOTO, Takeo et al.JSME international journal. Series C, Mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing. 2003, Vol 46, Num 4, pp 1290-1296, issn 1344-7653, 7 p.Article

Development of a simple method to construct finite element models of aortas from MRI images and its application to thoracic aortic aneurysmKATO, Yoko; MATSUMOTO, Takeo; KUMAGAI, Kiichirou et al.JSME international journal. Series C, Mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing. 2000, Vol 43, Num 4, pp 787-794, issn 1344-7653Article