The "artificial artery" as in vitro perfusion model.

Metabolic stimuli, pressure, and fluid shear stress (FSS) are major mediators of vascular plasticity. The exposure of the vessel wall to increased laminar FSS is the main trigger of arteriogenesis, the remodelling of pre-existent arterio-arteriolar anastomoses to functional conductance arteries. In...

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Main Authors: Doreen Janke, Joachim Jankowski, Marieke Rüth, Ivo Buschmann, Horst-Dieter Lemke, Dorit Jacobi, Petra Knaus, Ernst Spindler, Walter Zidek, Kerstin Lehmann, Vera Jankowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3591414?pdf=render