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Endothelial cells as mechanical transducers: Enzymatic activity and network formation under cyclic strain

A. Shukla^1,1, A.R. Dunn^2,2, M.A. Moses^3,3, K.J. Van Vliet^4,4

1 The Center for Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Processing Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, MIT, Cambridge, MA, and Departments of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
2 Department of Biology, Colorado College, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
3 Vascular Biology Program, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
4 Vascular Biology Program, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA,U.S.A. and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A

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