Microvascular endothelial cells exhibit optimal aspect ratio for minimizing flow resistance

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-585

  Sumagin, Ronen ^a   Brown III, Carl W ^a   Sarelius, Ingrid H ^a,b   King, Michael R ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Flow resistance; Intravital microscopy; Stokes flow; Venule

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW CONTROL; MICROSTRUCTURE; TUMORS;

ARTERIOLE; FLOW RESISTANCE; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; STOKES FLOW; VENULE;

CELL CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 41949112706     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9467-2     Document Type: Article

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