THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL TENSION UPON THE POLARITY OF GROWING FIBROBLASTS

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1 August 1926

journal article
research article
Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Vol. 44 (2) , 147-149
https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.44.2.147

Abstract

These experiments seem to justify the conclusion that mechanical tension may determine the polarity of cell division and line of growth of developing fibroblasts, and further that a shift in tension may cause a shift in position of fibroblasts already formed.