Role of mechanotransduction in vascular biology: Focus on thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

Circulation Research

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1448-1461

  Humphrey, Jay D ^a   Schwartz, Martin A ^a,b   Tellides, George ^b   Milewicz, Dianna M ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Elastic fibers; Focal adhesion; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA WALL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANIMAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; THORACIC AORTA;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84930211518     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.304936     Document Type: Review

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