Short Communication: Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness As a Mechanism for Increased Aortic Stiffness With Aging

Hongyu Qiu, Yi Zhu, Zhe Sun, +11

Circulation Research

Increased vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness: a novel mechanism for aortic stiffness in hypertension

Nancy L. Sehgel, Yi Zhu, Zhe Sun, +6

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

HypertensionEngineeringCytoskeletonBiomedical EngineeringCardiovascular Function +19

Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Receptor Mediates Diet-Induced Aortic Stiffness in Females

Guanghong Jia, Javad Habibi, Annayya R. Aroor, +9

Circulation Research

Low-Dose Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Prevents Western Diet–Induced Arterial Stiffening in Female Mice

Vincent G. DeMarco, Javad Habibi, Guanghong Jia, +11

Hypertension

Female MiceObesityMetabolic SyndromeFemoral ArteryMineral Metabolism +14

Augmented Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness and Adhesion When Hypertension Is Superimposed on Aging

Nancy L. Sehgel, Zhe Sun, Zhongkui Hong, +5

Hypertension

Extracellular matrix-specific focal adhesions in vascular smooth muscle produce mechanically active adhesion sites

Zhe Sun, Luis A. Martinez‐Lemus, Michael A. Hill, +1

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

Tissue EngineeringAfm ProbesEngineeringCell AdhesionCytoskeleton +20

Temporal analysis of vascular smooth muscle cell elasticity and adhesion reveals oscillation waveforms that differ with aging

Yi Zhu, Hongyu Qiu, Jerome P. Trzeciakowski, +8

Aging Cell

Muscle FunctionAgingCell AdhesionTemporal AnalysisCytoskeleton +23

Cardiomyocyte contractile status is associated with differences in fibronectin and integrin interactions

Xin Wu, Zhe Sun, Andrea M. Foskett, +3

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Time-dependent Changes in Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness and Focal Adhesion Area in Response to Cyclic Equibiaxial Stretch

S. Na, Andreea Trache, Jerome P. Trzeciakowski, +3

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

MechanobiologyMuscle PhysiologyTime-dependent ChangesKinesiologyMuscle Function +11

Coordination of fibronectin adhesion with contraction and relaxation in microvascular smooth muscle

Zhongkui Hong, Zhe Sun, Zhaohui Li, +3

Cardiovascular Research