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Mechano-Sensing and shear stress-shielding by endothelial primary cilia: structure, composition, and function

HUAN YIN¹, LIZHEN WANG¹, YUBO FAN¹, BINGMEI M. FU^1,2,*

1 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA