Contribution of elastin and collagen to the inflation response of the pig thoracic aorta: Assessing elastin's role in mechanical homeostasis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2133-2141

  Lillie, M A ^a   Armstrong, T E ^a   Gerard S G ^a   Shadwick, R E ^a   Gosline, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Collagen; Elastin; Homeostasis; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERIAL WALL; AXIAL STRESS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; ELASTIN; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; PURIFIED ELASTIN; REGIONAL VARIATION; SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA;

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLATION RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84864112244     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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