Publication Date:
2016-06-03
Description:
Article Endothelial cells align in the direction of flow in response to shear stress. Here the authors describe a zebrafish model for visualization of endothelial polarization and demonstrate that endothelial cell alignment depends on blood flow and Apelin signalling. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms11805 Authors: Hyouk-Bum Kwon, Shengpeng Wang, Christian S. M. Helker, S. Javad Rasouli, Hans-Martin Maischein, Stefan Offermanns, Wiebke Herzog, Didier Y. R. Stainier
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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