Small artery mechanobiology: Roles of cellular and non-cellular elements.
Small arteries and their component cellular and non-cellular elements are continually subjected to, and interact with, mechanical forces. Such interactions are key in both short- and long-term adaptation of the structure and function of the microcirculation to its local environment and metabolic requirements. Following this brief introduction is a series of papers presented as a symposium (Small Artery Mechanobiology: Roles of Cellular and Non-Cellular Elements) at the World Congress for Microcirculation, Kyoto 2015.
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Michael A
MA
Hill
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Gerald A
GA
Meininger
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D001703:Biophysics; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*
artery; endothelium; extracellular matrix; mechanobiology; smooth muscle