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ArticleScience advances2024

Clots reveal anomalous elastic behavior of fiber networks.

Andrei Zakharov, Myra Awan, Terrence Cheng, Arvind Gopinath, Sang-Joon John Lee, Anand K Ramasubramanian, Kinjal Dasbiswas

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Fibrin as a Versatile Fibrous Biopolymer.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2026
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  3. Molecular Creep Induced Fatigue Rupture of Fibrin Clots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  4. Rupture mechanics of blood clot fibrin fibers: A coarse-grained model study.Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids · 2025
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  6. Deconstructing fibrin(ogen) structure.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2025
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  11. Dynamic mechanisms for membrane skeleton transitions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Andrei ZakharovDepartment of Physics, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9938-7887
Myra AwanDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA 95192, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-6187-503X
Terrence ChengDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA 95192, USA.
Arvind GopinathDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7824-3163
Sang-Joon John LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA 95192, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4522-0560
Anand K RamasubramanianDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA 95192, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5741-8200
Kinjal DasbiswasDepartment of Physics, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5741-8200

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adaptive mechanical properties of soft and fibrous biological materials are relevant to their functionality. The emergence of the macroscopic response of these materials to external stress and intrinsic cell traction from local deformations of their structural components is not well understood. Here, we investigate the nonlinear elastic behavior of blood clots by combining microscopy, rheology, and an elastic network model that incorporates the stretching, bending, and buckling of constituent fibrin fibers. By inhibiting fibrin cross-linking in blood clots, we observe an anomalous softening regime in the macroscopic shear response as well as a reduction in platelet-induced clot contractility. Our model explains these observations from two independent macroscopic measurements in a unified manner, through a single mechanical parameter, the bending stiffness of individual fibers. Supported by experimental evidence, our mechanics-based model provides a framework for predicting and comprehending the nonlinear elastic behavior of blood clots and other active biopolymer networks in general.

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Blood PlateletsThrombosisFibrinHumansMicroscopyRheologyFibrin

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