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ArticleScientific reports2016

Disturbed flow mediated modulation of shear forces on endothelial plane: A proposed model for studying endothelium around atherosclerotic plaques.

Uma Maheswari Balaguru, Lakshmikirupa Sundaresan, Jeganathan Manivannan, Reji Majunathan, Krishnapriya Mani, Akila Swaminathan, Saravanakumar Venkatesan, Dharanibalan Kasiviswanathan, Suvro Chatterjee

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uma Maheswari BalaguruVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Lakshmikirupa SundaresanCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India.
Jeganathan ManivannanVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Reji MajunathanVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Krishnapriya ManiVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Akila SwaminathanVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Saravanakumar VenkatesanVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Dharanibalan KasiviswanathanCentre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India.
Suvro ChatterjeeVascular Biology Lab, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT campus of Anna University, Chennai, India.
Anna University, Chennai · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disturbed fluid flow or modulated shear stress is associated with vascular conditions such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and aneurysm. In vitro simulation of the fluid flow around the plaque micro-environment remains a challenging approach. Currently available models have limitations such as complications in protocols, high cost, incompetence of co-culture and not being suitable for massive expression studies. Hence, the present study aimed to develop a simple, versatile model based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. Current observations of CFD have shown the regions of modulated shear stress by the disturbed fluid flow. To execute and validate the model in real sense, cell morphology, cytoskeletal arrangement, cell death, reactive oxygen species (ROS) profile, nitric oxide production and disturbed flow markers under the above condition were assessed. Endothelium at disturbed flow region which had been exposed to low shear stress and swirling flow pattern showed morphological and expression similarities with the pathological disturbed flow environment reported previously. Altogether, the proposed model can serve as a platform to simulate the real time micro-environment of disturbed flow associated with eccentric plaque shapes and the possibilities of studying its downstream events.

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Stress, MechanicalComputer SimulationEndothelium, VascularPlaque, Atherosclerotic

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PMID27255968
PMCPMC4891674
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