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.
Lane, W. O., Jantzen, A. E., Carlon, T. A., Jamiolkowski, R. M., Grenet, J. E., Ley, M. M., Haseltine, J. M., Galinat, L. J., Lin, F., Allen, J. D., Truskey, G. A., Achneck, H. E. Parallel-plate Flow Chamber and Continuous Flow Circuit to Evaluate Endothelial Progenitor Cells under Laminar Flow Shear Stress. J. Vis. Exp. (59), e3349, doi:10.3791/3349 (2012).