The effect of pressure-induced mechanical stretch on vascular wall differential gene expression

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 463-478

  Anwar, M A ^a   Shalhoub, J ^a   Lim, C S ^a   Gohel, M S ^a   Davies, A H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Gene expression; Pressure; Stretch; Veins

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANEURYSM; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEDLINE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; VARICOSIS; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84863758068     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: 14230135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339151     Document Type: Review

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