Experiments show importance of flow-induced pressure on endothelial cell shape and alignment

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2082, 2007, Pages 1409-1419

  Voorhees, Abram ^a   Nackman, Gary B ^b   Wei, Timothy ^c  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Mechanotransduction; Micro PIV; Pressure; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348961415     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1805     Document Type: Article

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