Increased vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness: A novel mechanism for aortic stiffness in hypertension

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sehgel, Nancy L ^a,b   Zhu, Yi ^a   Sun, Zhe ^c   Trzeciakowski, Jerome P ^d   Hong, Zhongkui ^c   Hunter, William C ^a   Vatner, Dorothy E ^a   Meininger, Gerald A ^c   Vatner, Stephen F ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Hypertension; Pulse wave velocity; Vascular smooth muscle; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WALL STRESS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HYPERTENSION; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84887004334     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00232.2013     Document Type: Article

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