Mechano-sensing and transduction by endothelial surface glycocalyx: Composition, structure, and function

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-390

  Fu, Bingmei M ^a   Tarbell, John M ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; COLLOIDAL GOLD; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYPICAN 1; INTEGRIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; RUTHENIUM RED; SELECTIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SYNDECAN 1; SYNDECAN 2; SYNDECAN 4; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLYCOCALYX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 84876075461     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1211     Document Type: Article

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