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. 2019 Jan 21;30(7):945–959. doi: 10.1089/ars.2017.7327

Table 1.

Effects of Na+, Tumor Necrosis Factor α, and Heparanase on the Shape of Endothelial Glycocalyx

  Low Na+ (control) High Na+ TNFα Heparanase
eGC thickness, % 100a −50a −55b −50b
eGC stiffness, % 100a +130a −35b −33b
Monocyte adhesion, % 100 +37 +80 +187
Hypothesis Intact eGC Collapsed eGC Shedded eGC Shedded eGC
a

Oberleithner et al. (91).

b

Wiesinger et al. (140).

eGC, endothelial glycocalyx; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor α.