Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Adaptation of peristaltic pumps for laminar flow experiments Endothelial cells (ECs) are the primary cellular constituent of blood vessels that are in direct contact with hemodynamic forces over the course of a lifetime. Throughout the body, vessels experience different types of blood flow patterns and rates that alter vascular architecture and cellular behavior. Because of the complexities of studying blood flow in an intact organism, particularly during development, modeling of blood flow in vitro has become a powerful technique for studying hemodynamic dependent signaling mechanisms in ECs. While commercial flow systems that recirculate fluids exist, many commercially available pumps are peristaltic and best model pulsatile flow conditions. However, there are many important in vivo situations in which ECs experience laminar flow conditions, such as along long, straight stretches of the vasculature. To understand EC function under these situations, it is important to be able to consistently model laminar flow conditions in vitro. Here, we outline a method to reliably adapt commercially available peristaltic pumps to reproducibly study laminar flow conditions. Our proof of concept study focuses on 2-dimensional (2D) models but could be further adapted to 3-dimensional (3D) environments to better model in vivo scenarios such as organ development. Our studies make significant inroads into solving technical challenges associated with flow modeling, and allow us to conduct functional studies towards understanding the mechanistic role of flow forces on vascular architecture, cellular behavior, and remodeling during a variety of physiological contexts.
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