Early response of endothelial cells to flow is mediated by VE-Cadherin

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 195-209

  Rabodzey, Aleksandr ^a   Yao, Yu ^a   Luscinskas, Francis ^b   Shaw, Sunil ^c   Dewey Jr , C Forbes ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence junctions; Clustering; Endothelial cells; Flow; Intercellular junctions; Junctional strength; Mechanotransduction; Shear stress; VE cadherin; VE cadherin GFP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CATENINS; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROFILAMENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 37849002091     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060701755792     Document Type: Article

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