SEIDL, M and STEINBACH, P and HOFSTADTER, F (1994) SHOCK-WAVE INDUCED ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE - IN-SITU ANALYSIS BY CONFOCAL LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPY. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 20 (6). pp. 571-578. ISSN 0301-5629,
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For more than a decade, extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy has been a standard clinical method for the treatment of urinary stones. However, side effects that are likely to be correlated to vessel damage can often be observed using noninvasive diagnostic techniques, e.g., magnetic resonance imaging. To avoid side effects it is useful to understand the interaction between shock waves and the vascular system. In particular, this is important in view of new applications like gallstone lithothripsy. In the present study, we exposed human umbilical vessels to electromagnetically generated ultrasound shock waves to analyze subsequent alterations of their endothelial layer. Following en face preparation and fluorescent staining, the endothelium was examined in a confocal laser scanning microscope. Endothelial cells of the shock wave exposed vessels revealed permeabilization of plasma membranes and mitochondrial alterations as potentially lethal damage. An increase in the number of stress fibres may indicate functional changes possibly influencing vessel wall permeability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM; SHEAR-STRESS; F-ACTIN; CELLS; LITHOTRIPSY; INVITRO; L1210-CELLS; FIBERS; SHOCK WAVES; ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE; STRESS FIBERS |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 08:41 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/53602 |
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