Endothelial cell retention on a viscoelastic nanocomposite vascular conduit is improved by exposure to shear stress preconditioning prior to physiological flow

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 977-981

  Vara, Dina S ^a   Punshon, Geoffrey ^a   Sales, Kevin M ^a,b   Sarkar, Sandip ^a   Hamilton, George ^a,c   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Nanocomposite; Preconditioning; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

CELL ADHERENCE; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELL RETENTION; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; IN-VITRO; PHYSIOLOGICAL FLOW; PRECONDITIONING; RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; VISCOELASTICS;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NANOCOMPOSITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UPREGULATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 58149181827     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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