Endothelial cell responses to fluid shear stress: From methodology to applications

Single and Two-Phase Flows on Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 579-599

  Ohashi, Toshiro ^a   Sato, Masaaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cytoskeletal structures; Endothelial cell remodeling; Fluid flow imposed systems; Fluid shear stress; Hemodynamic forces; Lab on a chip; Mechanotransduction; Microchannels; Microfluidic technologies; Parallel plate flow chambers; Vascular endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882898578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805295011201010579     Document Type: Chapter

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