The role of shear stress in Blood-Brain Barrier endothelial physiology

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One of the most important and often neglected physiological stimuli contributing to the differentiation of vascular endothelial cells (ECs) into a blood-brain barrier (BBB) phenotype is shear stress (SS). With the use of a well estab...

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Main Authors: Puvenna Vikram, Hossain Mohammed, Cucullo Luca, Marchi Nicola, Janigro Damir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/40