2023
Disturbed flow increases endothelial inflammation and permeability via a Frizzled-4-β-catenin-dependent pathway
Rickman M, Ghim M, Pang K, von Huelsen Rocha A, Drudi E, Sureda-Vives M, Ayoub N, Tajadura-Ortega V, George S, Weinberg P, Warboys C. Disturbed flow increases endothelial inflammation and permeability via a Frizzled-4-β-catenin-dependent pathway. Journal Of Cell Science 2023, 136: jcs260449. PMID: 36846872, PMCID: PMC10112981, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBeta CateninEndothelial CellsFrizzled ReceptorsHumansInflammationPermeabilitySwineWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsEndothelial dysfunctionEndothelial cellsFrizzled-4Β-cateninCultured human aortic endothelial cellsR-spondinsHuman aortic endothelial cellsPro-inflammatory genesEndothelial paracellular permeabilityDisturbed flowAortic endothelial cellsCultured endothelial cellsRole of WntEndothelial inflammationAortic archEarly atherogenesisCanonical Wnt pathwayDysfunctionReduced expressionWnt5a signalingParacellular permeabilityWnt pathwayInhibitionKnockdownExpression
2021
Endothelial cells exposed to atheroprotective flow secrete follistatin-like 1 protein which reduces transcytosis and inflammation
Ghim M, Pang K, Burnap S, Baig F, Yin X, Arshad M, Mayr M, Weinberg P. Endothelial cells exposed to atheroprotective flow secrete follistatin-like 1 protein which reduces transcytosis and inflammation. Atherosclerosis 2021, 333: 56-66. PMID: 34425528, PMCID: PMC8459397, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSegmenting Growth of Endothelial Cells in 6-Well Plates on an Orbital Shaker for Mechanobiological Studies.
Pang K, Ghim M, Arshad M, Wang X, Weinberg P. Segmenting Growth of Endothelial Cells in 6-Well Plates on an Orbital Shaker for Mechanobiological Studies. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2021 PMID: 34152321, DOI: 10.3791/61817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndothelial cells do not align with the mean wall shear stress vector
Arshad M, Ghim M, Mohamied Y, Sherwin S, Weinberg P. Endothelial cells do not align with the mean wall shear stress vector. Journal Of The Royal Society Interface 2021, 18: 20200772. PMID: 33435845, PMCID: PMC7879765, DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortaAtherosclerosisEndothelial CellsHumansHydrodynamicsShear StrengthStress, Mechanical
2019
Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method
Warboys C, Ghim M, Weinberg P. Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method. Atherosclerosis 2019, 285: 170-177. PMID: 31096159, PMCID: PMC6570700, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.04.210.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Visualization of three pathways for macromolecule transport across cultured endothelium and their modification by flow
Ghim M, Alpresa P, Yang S, Braakman S, Gray S, Sherwin S, van Reeuwijk M, Weinberg P. Visualization of three pathways for macromolecule transport across cultured endothelium and their modification by flow. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2017, 313: h959-h973. PMID: 28754719, PMCID: PMC5792200, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00218.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShear stressDifferent flow profilesType of flowTransverse stressesNumerical simulationsFlow profileFluid mechanical forcesShear profileShear vectorSolute transportTwo-pore theoryStatic conditionsFlowMacromolecule transportMechanical forcesTransportStressMicrovessel wallShearOrbital shakerStress metricsLong axisTracer distributionSimulations