"Smooth muscle cell stiffness syndrome"-Revisiting the structural basis of arterial stiffness

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Sehgel, Nancy L ^a,b   Vatner, Stephen F ^b   Meininger, Gerald A ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atomic force microscopy; Cell biology; Cell stiffness; Collagen; Cytoskeleton; Elastin; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL INTERACTION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL STIFFNESS SYNDROME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

EID: 84949568431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00335     Document Type: Review

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