Zhe Sun

New technologies for dissecting the arteriolar myogenic response.

Extracellular matrix-specific focal adhesions in vascular smooth muscle produce mechanically active adhesion sites.

Modulation of microvascular smooth muscle adhesion and mechanotransduction by integrin-linked kinase.

Note: Mechanical study of micromachined polydimethylsiloxane elastic microposts.

N-cadherin and integrin blockade inhibit arteriolar myogenic reactivity but not pressure-induced increases in intracellular Ca.

Atomic force microscope-enabled studies of integrin-extracellular matrix interactions in vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells.

Temporal analysis of vascular smooth muscle cell elasticity and adhesion reveals oscillation waveforms that differ with aging.

Coordination of fibronectin adhesion with contraction and relaxation in microvascular smooth muscle.

Atomic force microscopy to characterize binding properties of α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing medullary respiratory neurons.

Influence of membrane cholesterol and substrate elasticity on endothelial cell spreading behavior.

Zyxin is involved in regulation of mechanotransduction in arteriole smooth muscle cells.

Amyloid-β peptide on sialyl-Lewis(X)-selectin-mediated membrane tether mechanics at the cerebral endothelial cell surface.

The role of tissue Renin-Angiotensin-aldosterone system in the development of endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness.

Vasoactive agonists exert dynamic and coordinated effects on vascular smooth muscle cell elasticity, cytoskeletal remodelling and adhesion.

N-cadherin, a vascular smooth muscle cell-cell adhesion molecule: function and signaling for vasomotor control.

Lysophosphatidic acid induces integrin activation in vascular smooth muscle and alters arteriolar myogenic vasoconstriction.

Augmented vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness and adhesion when hypertension is superimposed on aging.

Vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness and adhesion to collagen I modified by vasoactive agonists.

Low-Dose Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Prevents Western Diet-Induced Arterial Stiffening in Female Mice.

PDMS Elastic Micropost Arrays for Studying Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.

Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Receptor Mediates Diet-Induced Aortic Stiffness in Females.

Extracellular Matrix Disarray as a Mechanism for Greater Abdominal Versus Thoracic Aortic Stiffness With Aging in Primates.

Mechanical activation of angiotensin II type 1 receptors causes actin remodelling and myogenic responsiveness in skeletal muscle arterioles.

Fascin2 regulates cisplatin-induced apoptosis in NRK-52E cells.

Nonenzymatic glycation interferes with fibronectin-integrin interactions in vascular smooth muscle cells.

N-Cadherin, a novel and rapidly remodelling site involved in vasoregulation of small cerebral arteries.

Uric acid promotes vascular stiffness, maladaptive inflammatory responses and proteinuria in western diet fed mice.

Temporal and molecular dynamics of human metastatic breast carcinoma cell adhesive interactions with human bone marrow endothelium analyzed by single-cell force spectroscopy.

A Calcium Mediated Mechanism Coordinating Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Adhesion During KCl Activation.