Biomechanical regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell functions: From in vitro to in vivo understanding

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 90, 2014, Pages

  Qiu, Juhui ^a   Zheng, Yiming ^a   Hu, Jianjun ^a   Liao, Donghua ^b,c   Gregersen, Hans ^a   Deng, Xiaoyan ^d   Fan, Yubo ^d   Wang, Guixue ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Co culture; Mechanical stretch; Shear stress; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING; COCULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; MECHANICAL STRETCH; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

CELL DEATH; DISEASES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SHEAR STRESS;

CALPONIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGENASE 3; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HEME OXYGENASE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 5; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE B; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SMOOTHELIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLATELET REACTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRETCH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CO-CULTURE; MECHANICAL STRETCH; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEMODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84889679406     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0852     Document Type: Review

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