Laminar shear stress: Mechanisms by which endothelial cells transduce an atheroprotective force

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 677-685

  Traub, Oren ^a   Berk, Bradford C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Shear stress; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAS PROTEIN; SRC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROGENESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031833126     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.5.677     Document Type: Short Survey

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