Vascular endothelial cells respond to spatial gradients in fluid shear stress by enhanced activation of transcription factors

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1825-1834

  Nagel, Tobi ^b   Resnick, Nitzan ^c   Dewey Jr , C Forbes ^b   Gimbrone Jr , Michael A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

C Fos; C Jun; Disturbed flow; Early growth response 1; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSACTIVATION; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032769546     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.8.1825     Document Type: Article

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