Confocal image-based computational modeling of nitric oxide transport in a rat mesenteric lymphatic vessel

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, John T ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^c   Hellerstedt, Augustus H ^b   Zawieja, David C ^c   Moore, James E ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; lymphatic; mass transport; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RATS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONFOCAL IMAGE; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; FLOW REGIMES; HOMOEOSTASIS; IMAGE-BASED; LYMPHATIC; LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; VALVE LEAFLETS;

MASS TRANSFER;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LYMPH VESSEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877623347     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023986     Document Type: Article

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