Acute mechanical effects of elastase on the infrarenal mouse aorta: Implications for models of aneurysms

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 660-665

  Collins, M J ^a   Eberth, J F ^b,c   Wilson, E ^d   Humphrey, J D ^e  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive relation; Elastin; Mechanics; Stiffness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC WALLS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DESCRIPTORS; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INFRARENAL AORTA; INTRALUMINAL; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; RODENT MODELS; WALL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLOOD VESSELS;

ELASTASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MICE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SWINE;

EID: 84856693622     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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