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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2012 Mar 3;45(7):1212–1218. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.045

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Re-alignment of cell morphology. BAECs were pre-conditioned by shear (12 dynes/cm2, 24h). Initial flow direction was from left to right, then was changed to vertical (up to down). t indicates time after the direction change. A): Phase-contrast images of shear pre-conditioned endothelial cell monolayers exposed to the vertical flow for indicated times. B) Orientation angle as a function of time of exposure to vertical shear. Values are means ± SEM. (*P<0.001, n=3). C) Shape index as a function of time of exposure to the vertical flow. (*P<0.001, n=3).