The focal nature of atherosclerosis has been associated with complex geometries. The response of endothelial cells to hemodynamics is believed to be linked to atherosclerotic plaque development, progression and rupture. Great advances have been made in our ability to study cellular responses to mechanical forces. Unfortunately, the inability to recreate in vitro the realistic in vivo mechanical stimuli may be obscuring our understanding. In order to determine the mechanistic link between hemodynamics and plaque stability, three dimensional in vitro cell culture models were designed and biomolecular techniques were adapted to analyze endothelial cell function. Dextran was used as a supplement to increase the growth medium viscosity and its...
To determine the effect of laminar fluid shear stress on the morphology, motility, and biochemical e...
High blood cholesterol is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis....
Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory disease of medium and large sized arteries, is a leading cause of d...
Vessel wall shear stress (WSS) is hypothesized to cause focal endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction lead...
Endothelial cell dysfunction has been linked to atherosclerosis through their response to hemodynami...
Dysfunction of the vascular endothelium can initiate atherosclerosis. Mechanical forces, particularl...
Endothelial cells in vivo exist in a dynamic environment, subject to the physical forces of blood f...
Endothelial cells are known to respond directly to their physical environment, with morphological ch...
Objective: Atherosclerosis is a focal disease that develops at sites of low and oscillatory shear st...
Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) line the luminal side of all blood vessels and act as a selective b...
Shear stress and the endothelium. Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) in vivo are influenced by two dis...
grantor: University of TorontoEndothelial cells exhibit profound morphological responses t...
The endothelium, a single layer of cells that lines all blood vessels, is the principal sensor of he...
AbstractTo evaluate shear stress-induced effects on cultured cells we have extended the mechanical s...
Cobblestone-shaped endothelial cells in confluent monolayers undergo triphasic mechanotaxis in respo...
To determine the effect of laminar fluid shear stress on the morphology, motility, and biochemical e...
High blood cholesterol is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis....
Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory disease of medium and large sized arteries, is a leading cause of d...
Vessel wall shear stress (WSS) is hypothesized to cause focal endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction lead...
Endothelial cell dysfunction has been linked to atherosclerosis through their response to hemodynami...
Dysfunction of the vascular endothelium can initiate atherosclerosis. Mechanical forces, particularl...
Endothelial cells in vivo exist in a dynamic environment, subject to the physical forces of blood f...
Endothelial cells are known to respond directly to their physical environment, with morphological ch...
Objective: Atherosclerosis is a focal disease that develops at sites of low and oscillatory shear st...
Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) line the luminal side of all blood vessels and act as a selective b...
Shear stress and the endothelium. Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) in vivo are influenced by two dis...
grantor: University of TorontoEndothelial cells exhibit profound morphological responses t...
The endothelium, a single layer of cells that lines all blood vessels, is the principal sensor of he...
AbstractTo evaluate shear stress-induced effects on cultured cells we have extended the mechanical s...
Cobblestone-shaped endothelial cells in confluent monolayers undergo triphasic mechanotaxis in respo...
To determine the effect of laminar fluid shear stress on the morphology, motility, and biochemical e...
High blood cholesterol is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis....
Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory disease of medium and large sized arteries, is a leading cause of d...