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  • Title: Endothelial cell function, including tissue factor expression, under flow conditions.
    Author: Grabowski EF, Lam FP.
    Journal: Thromb Haemost; 1995 Jul; 74(1):123-8. PubMed ID: 8578444.
    Abstract:
    Vascular endothelium remains a dynamic interface between blood and the vessel wall. New developments make clear that many antithrombotic and prothrombotic responses of the endothelium depend on flow conditions in an adaptive manner: duration of a certain level of shear stress matters as well as level of shear. In general, over a time course of several hours, endothelium appears to be more actively antithrombotic under moderate shear conditions (e.g., 15 dynes/cm2), and more fibrinolytic under high (e.g., 30 dynes/cm2). Pulsatile flow and cyclic wall stress further modify these responses. Special consideration, moreover, must be given to branch points and regions of irregular geometry (i.e., stenoses, aneurysms) in the circulation. In such locations, predilection sites for thrombosis, lipid uptake, and atherosclerosis, low levels of fluid shear stress (e.g., 0.5 dynes/cm2), large gradients in fluid shear stress, and vessel wall bending stresses all become important. Preliminary work suggests that endothelial cells in such regions can become prothrombotic, leading to localized platelet adhesion/aggregation and fibrin formation on subendothelium and perhaps deeper structures following vessel injury.
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