Invited review: Mechanical, biochemical, and extracellular matrix effects on vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2321-2327

  Stegemann, Jan P ^a   Hong, Helen ^a   Nerem, Robert M ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cell signaling; Cyclic mechanical strain; Phenotype modulation

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCLEROPROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 19444384572     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01114.2004     Document Type: Review

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