Article
Effect of cyclic stretch on endothelial cells from different vascular beds.
Circulatory shock - 1 Dec 1991
Iba T, Maitz S, Furbert T, Rosales O, Widmann M D, Spillane B, Shin T, Sonoda T, Sumpio B E
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial cells (EC) mediate many of the organ responses to shock. Much of our knowledge of EC are obtained from cell culture studies. However, compared to the dynamic milieu in vivo, the stationary environment for large-vessel EC may be artificial and inappropriate. In this study, the morphology, growth rate, and production of prostacyclin (PGI2) by EC obtained from different vascular beds under stationary and...
Topics
- Animals
- Aorta
- Cattle
- Cell Polarity
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Epoprostenol
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Artery
- Stress, Mechanical
- Vena Cava, Inferior