Biomechanical strain as a trigger for pore formation in Schlemm's canal endothelial cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 224-235

  Braakman, Sietse T ^a   Pedrigi, Ryan M ^a   Read, A Thomas ^b   Smith, James A E ^a   Stamer, W Daniel ^d   Ethier, C Ross ^a,c   Overby, Darryl R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Endothelium; Pore; Schlemm's canal endothelium; Strain; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHLEMM CANAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICAL STRAIN; CELL SIZE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PORE DENSITY; PORE DIAMETER;

BIOMECHANICS; ENDOTHELIUM; PORE; SCHLEMM'S CANAL ENDOTHELIUM; STRAIN; STRETCH;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE DONORS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84907343784     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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