The role of vascular smooth muscle cells in arterial remodeling: focus on calcification-related processes

A Jaminon, K Reesink, A Kroon… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Arterial remodeling refers to the structural and functional changes of the vessel wall that
occur in response to disease, injury, or aging. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) play a …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro fluidic systems: Applying shear stress on endothelial cells

F Meng, H Cheng, J Qian, X Dai, Y Huang… - Medicine in Novel …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endothelial cells (ECs) that reside on the surface of blood vessels are constantly exposed to
mechanical stimulation, including shear stress. Fluid shear stress (FSS) controls multiple …

Disturbed flow's impact on cellular changes indicative of vascular aneurysm initiation, expansion, and rupture: A pathological and methodological review

K Sunderland, J Jiang, F Zhao - Journal of cellular physiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aneurysms are malformations within the arterial vasculature brought on by the structural
breakdown of the microarchitecture of the vessel wall, with aneurysms posing serious health …

ROS and NO dynamics in endothelial cells exposed to exercise-induced wall shear stress

YX Wang, HB Liu, PS Li, WX Yuan, B Liu, ST Liu… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) levels are
associated with vascular homeostasis and diseases. Exercise can modulate ROS and NO …

Effect of flow-induced shear stress in nanomaterial uptake by cells: Focus on targeted anti-cancer therapy

S Shurbaji, G G. Anlar, E A. Hussein, A Elzatahry… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, nanomedicines have gained a great deal of attention in diverse biomedical
applications, including anti-cancer therapy. Being different from normal tissue, the …

[HTML][HTML] Vertebral-specific activation of the CX3CL1/ICAM-1 signaling network mediates non-small-cell lung cancer spinal metastasis by engaging tumor cell-vertebral …

K Wang, L Jiang, A Hu, C Sun, L Zhou, Y Huang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: The spine is one of the most common metastatic sites of non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC), and NSCLC spinal metastasis results in serious consequences. Metastatic …

A microfluidic system for precisely reproducing physiological blood pressure and wall shear stress to endothelial cells

JT Na, SY Hu, CD Xue, YX Wang, KJ Chen, YJ Li… - Analyst, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To reproduce hemodynamic stress microenvironments of endothelial cells in vitro is of vital
significance, by which one could exploit the quantitative impact of hemodynamic stresses on …

Non-pharmacological interventions for vascular health and the role of the endothelium

SRC Weaver, C Rendeiro, RAI Lucas, NT Cable… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The most common non-pharmacological intervention for both peripheral and cerebral
vascular health is regular physical activity (eg, exercise training), which improves function …

A review of functional analysis of endothelial cells in flow chambers

M Ohta, N Sakamoto, K Funamoto, Z Wang… - Journal of Functional …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial cells constitute the innermost layer. The cells are exposed to
mechanical stress by the flow, causing them to express their functions. To elucidate the …

Fabricating a multi-component microfluidic system for exercise-induced endothelial cell mechanobiology guided by hemodynamic similarity

JT Na, CD Xue, YX Wang, YJ Li, Y Wang, B Liu, KR Qin - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Generating precise in vivo arterial endothelial hemodynamic microenvironments using
microfluidics is essential for exploring endothelial mechanobiology. However, a …