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ReviewAnnals of biomedical engineering2013

Biomechanical phenotyping of central arteries in health and disease: advantages of and methods for murine models.

J Ferruzzi, M R Bersi, J D Humphrey

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Review in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

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128citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J FerruzziDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
M R Bersi
J D Humphrey
Yale University · US

Funding

Mechanisms Underlying The Progression of Large Artery Stiffness in HypertensionR01HL105297 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FIGUEROA, CARLOS ALBERTO, HUMPHREY, JAY D. · 2010 to 2019
$3.0M
Gender Specific Evolution of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Composition and PropertiesR21HL107768 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HUMPHREY, JAY D. · 2012 to 2013
$421k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL-105297NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105297NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL-107768NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL107768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stiffness and structural integrity of the arterial wall depends primarily on the organization of the extracellular matrix and the cells that fashion and maintain this matrix. Fundamental to the latter is a delicate balance in the continuous production and removal of structural constituents and the mechanical state in which such turnover occurs. Perturbations in this balance due to genetic mutations, altered hemodynamics, or pathological processes result in diverse vascular phenotypes, many of which have yet to be well characterized biomechanically. In this paper, we emphasize the particular need to understand regional variations in the biaxial biomechanical properties of central arteries in health and disease and, in addition, the need for standardization in the associated biaxial testing and quantification. As an example of possible experimental methods, we summarize testing protocols that have evolved in our laboratory over the past 8 years. Moreover, we note advantages of a four fiber family stress-stretch relation for quantifying passive biaxial behaviors, the use of stored energy as a convenient scalar metric of the associated material stiffness, and the utility of appropriate linearizations of the nonlinear, anisotropic relations both for purposes of comparison across laboratories and to inform computational fluid-solid-interaction models. We conclude that, notwithstanding prior advances, there remain many opportunities to advance our understanding of arterial mechanics and mechanobiology, particularly via the diverse genetic, pharmacological, and surgical models that are, or soon will be, available in the mouse.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsArteriesBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansMicePhenotype

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PMID23549898
PMCPMC3918742
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