Investigation of wall shear stress in cardiovascular research and in clinical practice—from bench to bedside

K Urschel, M Tauchi, S Achenbach, B Dietel - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the 1900s, researchers established animal models experimentally to induce
atherosclerosis by feeding them with a cholesterol-rich diet. It is now accepted that high …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro fluidic systems: Applying shear stress on endothelial cells

F Meng, H Cheng, J Qian, X Dai, Y Huang… - Medicine in Novel …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endothelial cells (ECs) that reside on the surface of blood vessels are constantly exposed to
mechanical stimulation, including shear stress. Fluid shear stress (FSS) controls multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method

CM Warboys, M Ghim, PD Weinberg - Atherosclerosis, 2019 - Elsevier
A striking feature of atherosclerosis is its highly non-uniform distribution within the arterial
tree. This has been attributed to variation in the haemodynamic wall shear stress (WSS) …

[HTML][HTML] Design considerations of benchtop fluid flow bioreactors for bio-engineered tissue equivalents in vitro

HW Hoyle, CML Stenger, SA Przyborski - Biomaterials and Biosystems, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the major aims of bio-engineering tissue equivalents in vitro is to create
physiologically relevant culture conditions to accurately recreate the cellular …

Biomechanical determinants of endothelial permeability assessed in standard and modified hollow-fibre bioreactors

SG Gray, PD Weinberg - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Effects of mechanical stress on the permeability of vascular endothelium are important to
normal physiology and in the development of atherosclerosis. Here we elucidate novel …

Detection of frequency-dependent endothelial response to oscillatory shear stress using a microfluidic transcellular monitor

YJ Sei, SI Ahn, T Virtue, T Kim, YT Kim - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The endothelial microenvironment is critical in maintaining the health and function of the
intimal layer in vasculature. In the context of cardiovascular disease (CVD), the vascular …

A microfluidic impedance platform for real-time, in vitro characterization of endothelial cells undergoing fluid shear stress

V Velasco, P Soucy, R Keynton, SJ Williams - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We introduce a microfluidic impedance platform to electrically monitor in real-time,
endothelium monolayers undergoing fluid shear stress. Our platform incorporates sensing …

Endothelial‐Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions in a Shear‐Exposed Intimal Hyperplasia on‐a‐Dish Model to Evaluate Therapeutic Strategies

A Fernandes, A Miéville, F Grob, T Yamashita… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intimal hyperplasia (IH) represents a major challenge following cardiovascular interventions.
While mechanisms are poorly understood, the inefficient preventive methods incentivize the …

Orbitally shaken shallow fluid layers. I. Regime classification

P Alpresa, S Sherwin, P Weinberg, M van Reeuwijk - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Orbital shakers are simple devices that provide mixing, aeration, and shear stress at multiple
scales and high throughput. For this reason, they are extensively used in a wide range of …

Personalized drug efficacy monitoring chip

V Velasco, K Joshi, J Chen… - Analytical chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cancer drug resistance mechanisms such as tumor heterogeneity and adaptable feedback
loops are prevalent issues facing cancer therapy development. Drug resistance can be …