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Shear stress-initiated signaling and its regulation of endothelial function.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Oct 2014
Zhou Jing, Li Yi-Shuan, Chien Shu
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis develops preferentially at branches and curvatures of the arterial tree, where blood flow pattern is disturbed rather than being laminar, and wall shear stress has an irregular distribution without defined directions. The endothelium in the atherosusceptible regions, in comparison to that in atheroresistant regions, shows activation of proproliferative and proinflammatory gene expressions, reduced...
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