title: The platelet: sensing shear and the endocrine regulation of cardiovascular sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: From the Diabetes and Obesity Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Florida Hospital Translational Research Institute, Orlando. dtowler@sanfordburnham.org.
authors.forename: Dwight A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Towler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D018056:Hemorheology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
keywords: Editorials; aortic valve stenosis; arteriosclerosis; blood platelets; calcinosis; transforming growth factor beta; vascular calcification