Cytoskeletal response of microvessel endothelial cells to an applied stress force at the submicrometer scale studied by atomic force microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 784-793

  Ma, Wanyun ^a   Sun, Yunxu ^a   Han, Dong ^a,b   Chu, Weiguo ^b   Lin, Danying ^a   Chen, Dieyan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biomechanics; Cytoskeleton; Endothelial cells; Free radicals; Lateral force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBERS; SHEAR STRESS;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETONS; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; FIBRE BUNDLE; LATERAL FORCE; LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROVESSELS; STRESS FIBERS; SUBMICROMETER SCALE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

FREE RADICALS;

FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 33749987757     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20346     Document Type: Article

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