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Inflammatory responses of endothelial cells experiencing reduction in flow after conditioning by shear stress.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Sept 2008
Matharu Nick M, McGettrick Helen M, Salmon Mike, Kissane Steve, Vohra Rajiv K, Rainger G Ed, Nash Gerard B
Abstract excerpt
Exposure of endothelial cells (EC) to shear stress reduces their response to tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). We tested how shear-conditioned EC responded to reduction in flow, either by spontaneously binding leukocytes, or by increasing sensitivity to TNF. Human umbilical vein EC were exposed to shear stress of 2.0 Pa (20 dyn/cm(2)) for 24 h. Shear was then reduced to stasis (30 sec perfusion each hour to...
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