Pulsatile stretch and shear stress: Physical stimuli determining the production of endothelium-derived relaxing factors

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-84

  Busse, Rudi ^a   Fleming, Ingrid ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic strain; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Mechanotransduction; Nitric oxide; Pulsatile stretch; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 AMIDINOTHIOPROPYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; CALCIUM ION; CALMIDAZOLIUM; DICLOFENAC; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; ERBSTATIN; HERBIMYCIN A; HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031945876     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000025568     Document Type: Review

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