JoVE Bioengineering
Whitney O. Lane1, Alexandra E. Jantzen2, Tim A. Carlon2, Ryan M. Jamiolkowski3, Justin E. Grenet1, Melissa M. Ley1, Justin M. Haseltine2, Lauren J. Galinat2, Fu-Hsiung Lin1, Jason D. Allen4, George A. Truskey2, Hardean E. Achneck1
1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 3School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center
We are describing a method to subject adherent cells to laminar flow shear stress in a sterile continuous flow circuit. The cells' adhesion, morphology can be studied through the transparent chamber, samples obtained from the circuit for metabolite analysis and cells harvested after shear exposure for future experiments or culture.