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. 2009 Jul;11(7):1669–1682. doi: 10.1089/ars.2009.2487

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2.

Molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis-protective effects of laminar shear stress. Laminar shear stress maintains the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptosis phenotype of endothelial cells through its regulation of protein expression, release of vasoactive factors, permeability of lipoproteins, adhesion and migration of leukocytes, and coagulation.