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Orientation of Apical and Basal Actin Stress Fibers in Isolated and Subconfluent Endothelial Cells as an Early Response to Cyclic Stretching

Hiroshi Yamada^∗,†, Hirokazu Ando^†

∗ Correspondingauthor. Phone: +81936956031; Fax: +81 93 695 6005; E-mail: yamada@life.kyutech.ac.jp
† Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology. 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-Ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan.