Smooth muscle cell rigidity and extracellular matrix organization influence endothelial cell spreading and adhesion formation in coculture

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wallace, Charles S ^a   Strike, Sophie A ^a   Truskey, George A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Fibrillar adhesions; Focal adhesions; Integrin; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPREADING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA5BETA1; INTEGRIN ALPHAVBETA3; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548387083     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00618.2007     Document Type: Article

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