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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 Feb 26;43(8):1560–1564. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.030

Table 1.

Average values of intracellular calcium and nitric oxide increase, and cell body strain for different applied shear rates.

Average Standard Deviation
2 dynes/cm2
n=11
Increase in Calcium 9.34% 15.70%
Increase in Nitric Oxide 8.08% 7.87%
Average Cell Body Strain 0.85% 0.60%
8 dynes/cm2
n=45
Increase in Calcium 12.18% 8.23%
Increase in Nitric Oxide 7.46% 6.53%
Average Cell Body Strain 2.57% 2.28%
16 dynes/cm2
n=40
Increase in Calcium 33.34% 37.94%
Increase in Nitric Oxide 14.41% 10.71%
Average Cell Body Strain 3.32% 2.97%