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Schematic diagram showing the generation of shear stress (parallel to the endothelial cell surface) by blood flow and the generation of normal stress (perpendicular to the endothelial cell surface) and circumferential stretch due to the action of pressure. (Shu Chien and Yi-Shuan Li, unpublished Figure.)
