Responsiveness of vascular endothelium to shear stress: Potential role of ion channels and cellular cytoskeleton (Review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Barakat, Abdul I ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Hemodynamics; Mechanotransduction; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW RATE; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033208594     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.4.4.323     Document Type: Article

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