.... atherosclerosis extracellular matrix inflammation microenvironment shear stress Atherosclerosis is a lipid-driven chronic inflammatory disease of large and medium sized arteries, hinders arterial function and prevents adequate blood flow to target tissues. Lipid deposition in the arterial wall...

...Jennifer R. Mackley; Joji Ando; Pawel Herzyk; Steven J. Winder Primary fibroblasts isolated from foetal mouse cornea, skin and tendon were subjected to linear shear stress and analysed for morphological parameters and by microarray, as compared with unstimulated controls. Approx. 350 genes were...