[HTML][HTML] Multimodal experimental studies of the passive mechanical behavior of human aortas: current approaches and future directions

A Pukaluk, G Sommer, GA Holzapfel - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and include, among
others, critical conditions of the aortic wall. Importantly, such critical conditions require …

[HTML][HTML] A bottom-up approach to model collagen fiber damage and failure in soft biological tissues

C Miller, TC Gasser - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the damage and failure of load-carrying soft biological tissue is critical in the
effectual treatment of injury and disease. The difficulty in experimentally identifying the …

Biomechanics of soft biological tissues and organs, mechanobiology, homeostasis and modelling

GA Holzapfel, JD Humphrey… - Journal of the Royal …, 2025 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human body consists of many different soft biological tissues that exhibit diverse
microstructures and functions and experience diverse loading conditions. Yet, under many …

Thoracic interstitial injection of drug-liposomes in mice for treating atherosclerosis

T Yan, H Sun, Y Shi, Y Gao, X Lu, K Li, Y Zhu, Q Zhang… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Intervaginal space injection (ISI) is a novel mode of administration investigated over the last
decade. After injecting nanoparticles into the intervaginal space, they can be transported …

Improved Mechanical Characterization of Soft Tissues Including Mounting Stretches.

T Škugor, L Virag, G Sommer… - Mathematical & …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Finite element modeling has become one of the main tools necessary for understanding
cardiovascular homeostasis and lesion progression. The accuracy of such simulations …