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Schematic illustrations of the stress fibers, focal adhesions, and apical plaques in endothelial cells. Stress fibers run not only on the basal side of the cell, but they also run from the basal side to the apical portion of the cell. Focal adhesion-like structures, called “apical plaques” are localized at the apical side of the endothelial cells in situ.
