Pattern formation of vascular smooth muscle cells subject to nonuniform fluid shear stress: Mediation by gradient of cell density

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 3 54-3, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Shu Q ^a   Tang, Dalin ^b   Tieche, Christopher ^a   Alkema, Paul K ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Cell migration; Cell proliferation; Vascular morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INTIMA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0041357223     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01009.2002     Document Type: Article

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