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  Theoretical study on flow-dependent concentration polarization of low density lipoproteins at the luminal surface of a straight artery
 
 
Titel: Theoretical study on flow-dependent concentration polarization of low density lipoproteins at the luminal surface of a straight artery
Auteur: Shigeo Wada
Takeshi Karino
Verschenen in: Biorheology
Paginering: Jaargang 36 (2001) nr. 3 pagina's 207-223
Jaar: 2001-04-01
Inhoud: It is suspected that physical and fluid mechanical factors play important roles in the localization of atherosclerotic lesions and intimal hyperplasia in man by affecting the transport of cholesterol in flowing blood to arterial walls. Hence, we have studied theoretically the effects of various physical and fluid mechanical factors such as wall shear rate, diffusivity of low density lipoproteins (LDL), and filtration velocity of water at the vessel wall on surface concentration of LDL at an arterial wall by means of a computer simulation of convective and diffusive transport of LDL in flowing blood to the wall of a straight artery under conditions of a steady flow. It was found that under normal physiologic conditions prevailing in the human arterial system, due to the presence of a filtration flow of water at the vessel wall, flow-dependent concentration polarization (accumulation or depletion) of LDL occurs at a blood/endothelium boundary. The surface concentration of LDL at an arterial wall takes higher values than that in the bulk flow in that vessel, and it is affected by three major factors, that is, wall shear rate, \gamma_\mathrm{w}, filtration velocity of water at the vessel wall, {V}_\mathrm{w}, and the distance from the entrance of the artery, { L}. It increases with increasing {V}_\mathrm{w} and { L}, and decreasing \gamma_\mathrm{w} hence the flow rate. Thus, under certain circumstances, the surface concentration of LDL could rise locally to a value which is several times higher than that in the bulk flow, or drop locally to a value even lower than a critical concentration for the maintenance of normal functions and survival of cells forming the vessel wall. These results suggest the possibility that all the vascular phenomena such as the localization of atherosclerotic lesions and intimal hyperplasia, formation of cerebral aneurysms, and adaptive changes of lumen diameter and wall structure of arteries and veins to certain changes in hemodynamic conditions in the circulation are governed by this flow-dependent concentration polarization of LDL which carry cholesterol.
Uitgever: IOS Press
Bronbestand: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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