Figure 1From: Cyclic strain upregulates VEGF and attenuates proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cellsAortic Pressure Waveform Regulates VSMC Alignment: (Top Panel) Strain profile used in this study. Control cells were not strained. (Bottom Panel) Control VSMC (A, C) and VSMC strained cyclically for 48 hours at 1 Hz, 10% (B, D). Representative wells in each experimental group were fluorometrically stained for assessment of intracellular actin (A, B). Arrows in panel B indicate the direction of the dominant strain vector.Back to article page