Progressive uniaxial stretch
Progressive uniaxial stretch has been studied in 1 paper since 2026: none in people yet, 1 in cells; 1 in the past year. No study of it in people or animals has been published yet. The newest paper, Sep 29, 2026: “Structural and functional remodeling of large-scale cardiac tubes”.
1 paper studies it4 findingsUpdated
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None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funder: Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
- Cells1
What did studies of Progressive uniaxial stretch find?
4Studies of Progressive uniaxial stretch measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are cardiac structural gene expression (1 study), sarcomere organization (1) and cardiomyocyte alignment (1).
Cardiac structural gene expression
upin human cells1
1 study
Cardiac structural gene expression
upin human cells1
Progressive uniaxial stretch increases cardiac structural gene expression in human cells.
“Stepwise stretching (21% over 20 days) improved tissue contractility, alignment of hiPSC-CMs, sarcomere organization, and increased expression of cardiac structural genes”
Cellsstepwise stretchingtissue-engineered cardiac tube21% stretch20 days
Structural and functional remodeling of large-scale cardiac tubes
Biofabrication
sarcomere organization
upin human cells1
1 study
sarcomere organization
upin human cells1
Progressive uniaxial stretch improves sarcomere organization in human cells.
“Stepwise stretching (21% over 20 days) improved tissue contractility, alignment of hiPSC-CMs, sarcomere organization”
Cellsstepwise stretchingtissue-engineered cardiac tube21% stretch20 days
Structural and functional remodeling of large-scale cardiac tubes
Biofabrication
Cardiomyocyte alignment
upin human cells1
1 study
Cardiomyocyte alignment
upin human cells1
Progressive uniaxial stretch improves cardiomyocyte alignment in human cells.
“Stepwise stretching (21% over 20 days) improved tissue contractility, alignment of hiPSC-CMs”
Cellsstepwise stretchingtissue-engineered cardiac tube21% stretch20 days
Structural and functional remodeling of large-scale cardiac tubes
Biofabrication
Tissue contractility
upin human cells1
1 study
Tissue contractility
upin human cells1
Progressive uniaxial stretch improves tissue contractility in human cells.
“Stepwise stretching (21% over 20 days) improved tissue contractility”
Cellsstepwise stretchingtissue-engineered cardiac tube21% stretch20 days
Structural and functional remodeling of large-scale cardiac tubes
Biofabrication