International Journal of Cell Biology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 532432, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/532432
Research Article

Lowering Caveolin-1 Expression in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells Inhibits Signal Transduction in Response to Shear Stress

1Institute for Biomedical Technology and Department of Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
2Department of Clinical Chemistry, Medical Spectrum Twente, Hospital Group, P.O. Box 50000, 7500 KA Enschede, The Netherlands

Received 18 July 2008; Accepted 19 October 2008

Academic Editor: Rony Seger

Copyright © 2009 A. D. van der Meer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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