Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e13-e20 , March 2010

Biomechanical stress induces novel arterial intima-enriched genes: implications for vascular adaptation to stress

  • Amy L. Pyle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • Bin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • Amanda B. Maupin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • Raul J. Guzman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Dan L. Crimmins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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  • Sandy Olson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • James B. Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • Pampee P. Young

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave. South, CC3321a MCN, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Tel.: +1 615 936 1098; fax: +1 615 343 7023.

Received 16 April 2008 ,Revised 11 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 Grants: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Training Grant 5T32HL07751 (ALP), Vanderbilt Physician Development Award, Veterans Affairs Career Development Award, and KO8HL84020 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (PPY).

 Disclosures: This work was also supported by the Pfizer Atorvastatin Research Award (PPY).

PII: S1054-8807(08)00187-7

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.12.006

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e13-e20 , March 2010

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