Ultrastructure of endothelial cells under flow alteration

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-12

  Masuda, Hirotake ^a   Kawamura, Koichi ^a   Nanjo, Hiroshi ^a   Sho, Eiketsu ^a,b   Komatsu, Masayo ^a   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^a,c   Sugita, Akihiro ^a,c   Asari, Yasushi ^a   Kobayashi, Mikio ^a   Ebina, Toshihito ^a   Hoshi, Naoto ^a   Singh, Tej M ^b   Xu, Chengpei ^b   Zarins, Christopher K ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yurikumiai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angioregression; Artery; Blood flow alteration; Capillary; Coarctation; Endothelial cells; Remodeling; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOREGRESSION; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW ALTERATION; CAPILLARY; COARCTATION; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; REMODELING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037223451     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10237     Document Type: Review

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