High Fluid Shear Stress Inhibits Cytokine‐Driven Smad2/3 Activation in Vascular Endothelial Cells
Deng H, Schwartz MA. High Fluid Shear Stress Inhibits Cytokine‐Driven Smad2/3 Activation in Vascular Endothelial Cells. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e025337. PMID: 35861829, PMCID: PMC9707828, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.025337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory cytokinesSmad2/3 activationEndothelial cellsNuclear translocationInflammatory cytokine treatmentGrowth factor betaVascular endothelial cellsQuantitative polymerase chain reactionSmad2/3 nuclear translocationTarget gene expressionBackground AtherosclerosisInflammatory mediatorsInflammatory pathwaysPolymerase chain reactionResult of inhibitionCytokine treatmentInhibits CytokineFactor betaMesenchymal transitionHigh fluid shear stressCytokinesEndMTGene expressionLaminar fluid shear stressFluid shear stress