Hemodynamic forces as a stimulus for arteriogenesis

Endothelium: Journal of Endothelial Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Resnick, Nitzan ^a   Einav, Shmeul ^b   Chen Konak, Limor ^a   Zilberman, Michal ^a   Yahav, Hava ^a   Shay Salit, Ayelet ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hemodynamic forces; Shear stress receptors; Signaling; Vascular endothelium; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; COMPUTER MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE REPAIR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0345737220     PISSN: 10623329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713715231     Document Type: Review

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