The Focal Adhesion: A Regulated Component of Aortic Stiffness

• Robert J. Saphirstein,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Yuan Z. Gao,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mikkel H. Jensen,

  Affiliations Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Cynthia M. Gallant,

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Susanne Vetterkind,

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Jeffrey R. Moore,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Kathleen G. Morgan

  * E-mail: kmorgan@bu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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