Morphologic adaptation of arterial endothelial cells to longitudinal stretch in organ culture

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3274-3277

  Lee, Yong Ung ^a   Drury Stewart, Danielle ^b   Vito, Raymond P ^b   Han, Hai Chao ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Axial stretch; Cell proliferation; Cell shape; Endothelium; Ex vivo; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 55549099871     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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