Structural changes in the endothelium of the major arteries under conditions of longitudinal stretching in vivo (based on scanning electron microscopic data)
Filippov, S.V.; Rekhter, M.D.; Mironova, A.A.; Voronov, S.N.; Cherviakov, V.I.
Morfologiia 104(1-2): 50-57
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-3543 PMID: 8293130 Document Number: 411471
The method of scanning electron microscopy was used for studying three-dimensional organization of the endothelium of major vessels under conditions of distraction in vivo. The distraction resulted in an enlargement of the spaces between endotheliocytes without formation of considerable areas of deendothelialized surface. The main mechanism of induction of flattening and division of endotheliocytes in the zone of distraction seems to be the elimination of the contact inhibition resulting from a mechanical distraction.