Stiffening-Induced High Pulsatility Flow Activates Endothelial Inflammation via a TLR2/NF-κB Pathway

• Yan Tan,

  Current address: Department of Geriatrics, Nanfang Hospital, Guangdong, China

  Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Pi-Ou Tseng,

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

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• Daren Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Hui Zhang,

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital and China Medical University, Shenyang, China

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Kendall Hunter,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Jean Hertzberg,

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

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• Kurt R. Stenmark,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Wei Tan

  * E-mail: wei.tan-1@colorado.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

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