Adaptation of the endothelium to fluid flow: In vitro analyses of gene expression and in vivo implications

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-45

  Wasserman, Scott M ^a   Topper, James N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Frazier Healthcare Ventures   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; Gene expression; Laminar shear stress; Transcriptional profile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; APPARATUS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BIOMECHANICS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 3042816833     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x04vm521ra     Document Type: Review

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