Flow shear stress and atherosclerosis: A matter of site specificity

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1405-1414

  Nigro, Patrizia ^a   Abe, Jun Ichi ^a   Berk, Bradford C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS SIGNAL REGULATING KINASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 7; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 5; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; LAMINAR FLOW; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79960815697     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3679     Document Type: Review

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