Endothelial fluid shear stress sensing in vascular health and disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 821-828

  Baeyens, Nicolas ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Chirosree ^a   Coon, Brian G ^a   Yun, Sanguk ^a   Schwartz, Martin A ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84959911185     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI83083     Document Type: Review

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