Epigenetic regulation of vascular endothelial biology/pathobiology and response to fluid shear stress

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-578

  Zhou, Jing ^a   Lim, Seh Hong ^b   Chiu, Jeng Jiann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Epigenetics; Histone deacetylase; MicroRNA; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MICRORNA; RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD FLOW; CHROMATIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84856438328     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-011-0199-2     Document Type: Review

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