Cholesterol depletion increases membrane stiffness of aortic endothelial cells

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3336-3343

  Byfield, Fitzroy J ^a   Aranda Espinoza, Helim ^a   Romanenko, Victor G ^a   Rothblat, George H ^b   Levitan, Irena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; F ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN A; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; METHYL-BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROMANIPULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 16344368326     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.040634     Document Type: Article

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