Cellular and molecular effects of mechanical stretch on vascular cells and cardiac myocytes

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-389

  Shyu, Kou Gi ^a,b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocyte; Endothelial cell; Mechanical stretch; Shear stress; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CD40 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PEROXIREDOXIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN KINASE B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL STRETCH; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 63449138213     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080163     Document Type: Review

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