Mechanobiological oscillators control lymph flow

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 10938-10943

  Kunert, Christian ^a   Baish, James W ^b   Liao, Shan ^a,c   Padera, Timothy P ^a   Munn, Lance L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological oscillator; Computational model; Control; Lymphatic; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NITRIC OXIDE; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUID TRANSPORT; GRAVITY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; OSCILLATOR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TISSUE PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CALCIUM; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84941248566     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508330112     Document Type: Article

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