Controversy in mechanotransduction – the role of endothelial cell–cell junctions in fluid shear stress sensing
X S, Aitken C, Mehta V, Tardajos-Ayllon B, Serbanovic-Canic J, Zhu J, Miao B, Tzima E, Evans P, Fang Y, Schwartz M. Controversy in mechanotransduction – the role of endothelial cell–cell junctions in fluid shear stress sensing. Journal Of Cell Science 2024, 137: jcs262348. PMID: 39143856, PMCID: PMC11423816, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.262348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShear stress sensingFluid shear stressFluid flowCell-cell contactShear stressCell-cell adhesionStress sensingCell-cell junctionsEndothelial cell-cell junctionsEC alignmentRegulates vascular developmentAdhesion receptorsCell typesEndothelial cellsFlowSingle cellsVascular developmentShearAdhesionContact