J. A. Bevan and I. Laher, Pressure and flow-dependent vascular tone, Faseb J, vol.9, p.2267, 1991.
DOI : 10.1007/978-1-4612-0403-9_11

P. Davies, Flow-mediated endothelial mechanotransduction, Physiol Rev, vol.75, issue.3, p.519, 1995.

I. R. Hutcheson and T. M. Griffith, Mechanotransduction through the endothelial cytoskeleton: mediation of flow- but not agonist-induced EDRF release, British Journal of Pharmacology, vol.258, issue.Suppl. 52, p.720, 1996.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15459.x

W. L. Welling, M. Y. Zupka, and D. J. Welling, Mechanical properties of basement membrane, News Physiol Sci, vol.10, p.30, 1995.

M. Oike, G. Schwarz, J. Sehrer, M. Jost, V. Gerke et al., Cytoskeletal modulation of the response to mechanical stimulation in human vascular endothelial cells, Pfl???gers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, vol.258, issue.suppl V, pp.5-6569, 1994.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00374579

D. Henrion, F. Terzi, K. Matrougui, M. Duriez, C. M. Boulanger et al., Impaired flow-induced dilation in mesenteric resistance arteries from mice lacking vimentin., Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol.100, issue.11, p.2909, 1997.
DOI : 10.1172/JCI119840

S. C. Brown and J. A. Lucy, Dystrophin as a mechanochemical transducer in skeletal muscle, Bioessays, vol.15, 1993.

O. Ibraghimov-beskrovnaya, J. M. Ervasti, C. J. Leveille, C. A. Slaughter, S. W. Sernett et al., Primary structure of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins linking dystrophin to the extracellular matrix, Nature, vol.355, issue.6362, p.696, 1992.
DOI : 10.1038/355696a0

K. Ohlendieck, Towards an understanding of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex: linkage between the extracellular matrix and the membrane cytoskeleton in muscle fibers, Eur J Cell Biol, vol.69, issue.11, 1996.

M. Miyatake, T. Miike, J. Zhao, K. Yoshioka, M. Uchino et al., Possible systemic smooth muscle layer dysfunction due to a deficiency of dystrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, vol.93, issue.1, p.11, 1989.
DOI : 10.1016/0022-510X(89)90157-3

K. R. Chien, Stress Pathways and Heart Failure, Cell, vol.98, issue.5, p.555, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80043-4

URL : http://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80043-4

D. Lees, E. Fabbrizio, D. Mornet, D. Pugnere, and P. Travo, Parallel Expression Level of Dystrophin and Contractile Performances of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle, Experimental Cell Research, vol.218, issue.1, p.401, 1995.
DOI : 10.1006/excr.1995.1172

F. Rivier, A. Robert, G. Hugon, and D. Mornet, Different utrophin and dystrophin properties related to their vascular smooth muscle distributions, FEBS Letters, vol.313, issue.1, p.94, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00398-0

L. Loufrani, K. Matrougui, D. Gorny, M. Duriez, I. Blanc et al., Flow (Shear Stress)-Induced Endothelium-Dependent Dilation Is Altered in Mice Lacking the Gene Encoding for Dystrophin, Circulation, vol.103, issue.6, p.864, 2001.
DOI : 10.1161/01.CIR.103.6.864

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/inserm-00135482

J. A. Towbin, J. T. Bricker, A. Garson, and J. , Electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in childhood, The American Journal of Cardiology, vol.69, issue.19, p.1545, 1992.
DOI : 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90700-9

G. K. Radda, Of Mice and Men: From Early NMR Studies of the Heart to Physiological Genomics, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol.266, issue.3, p.723, 1999.
DOI : 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1890

M. Sander, B. Chavoshan, S. A. Harris, S. T. Iannaccone, J. T. Stull et al., Functional muscle ischemia in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficient skeletal muscle of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.71, issue.2, p.13818, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80410-4

J. L. Tuttle, R. D. Nachreiner, A. S. Bhuller, K. W. Condict, B. A. Connors et al., Shear level influences resistance artery remodeling: wall dimensions, cell density, and eNOS expression, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, vol.281, issue.3, p.1380, 2001.

E. R. Barton-davis, L. Cordier, D. I. Shoturma, S. E. Leland, and H. L. Sweeney, Aminoglycoside antibiotics restore dystrophin function to skeletal muscles of mdx mice, Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol.104, issue.4, p.375, 1999.
DOI : 10.1172/JCI7866

W. Halpern, G. Osol, and G. S. Coy, Mechanical behavior of pressurized in vitro prearteriolar vessels determined with a video system, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol.207, issue.5, p.463, 1984.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02363917

J. Ando and A. Kamiya, Blood flow and vascular endothelial cell function, Front Med Biol Eng, vol.5, p.245, 1993.

S. Nadaud, M. Philippe, J. F. Arnal, J. B. Michel, and F. Soubrier, Sustained Increase in Aortic Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression In Vivo in a Model of Chronic High Blood Flow, Circulation Research, vol.79, issue.4, p.857, 1996.
DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.79.4.857

M. Noris, M. Morigi, R. Donadelli, S. Aiello, M. Foppolo et al., Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Cultured Endothelial Cells Is Modulated by Flow Conditions, Circulation Research, vol.76, issue.4, pp.4-536, 1995.
DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.76.4.536

K. S. Lau, R. W. Grange, W. J. Chang, K. E. Kamm, I. Sarelius et al., Skeletal muscle contractions stimulate cGMP formation and attenuate vascular smooth muscle myosin phosphorylation via nitric oxide, FEBS Letters, vol.24, issue.1, p.71, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00728-5

R. Coral-vazquez, R. D. Cohn, S. A. Moore, J. A. Hill, R. M. Weiss et al., Disruption of the Sarcoglycan???Sarcospan Complex in Vascular Smooth Muscle, Cell, vol.98, issue.4, p.465, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81975-3

K. R. Wagner, S. Hamed, D. W. Hadley, A. L. Gropman, A. H. Burstein et al., Gentamicin treatment of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy due to nonsense mutations, Annals of Neurology, vol.9, issue.6, p.706, 2001.
DOI : 10.1002/ana.1023

K. Burridge and M. Chrzanowskawodnicka, FOCAL ADHESIONS, CONTRACTILITY, AND SIGNALING, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, vol.12, issue.1, p.463, 1996.
DOI : 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.12.1.463

J. M. Muller, W. M. Chilian, and M. J. Davis, Integrin Signaling Transduces Shear Stress??Dependent Vasodilation of Coronary Arterioles, Circulation Research, vol.80, issue.3, p.320, 1997.
DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.80.3.320

S. Dimmeler, B. Assmus, C. Hermann, J. Haendeler, and A. M. Zeiher, Fluid Shear Stress Stimulates Phosphorylation of Akt in Human Endothelial Cells : Involvement in Suppression of Apoptosis, Circulation Research, vol.83, issue.3, p.334, 1998.
DOI : 10.1161/01.RES.83.3.334

D. Fulton, J. P. Gratton, T. J. Mccabe, J. Fontana, Y. Fujio et al., Regulation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide production by the protein kinase Akt, Nature, vol.399, issue.6736, p.597, 1999.

A. Brouet, P. Sonveaux, C. Dessy, S. Moniotte, J. L. Balligand et al., Hsp90 and Caveolin Are Key Targets for the Proangiogenic Nitric Oxide-Mediated Effects of Statins, Circulation Research, vol.89, issue.10, p.866, 2001.
DOI : 10.1161/hh2201.100319

J. S. Stamler and G. Meissner, Physiology of nitric oxide in skeletal muscle, Physiol Rev, vol.81, issue.1, p.209, 2001.

O. Baum, G. Planitzer, H. Richter, and R. Gossrau, Irregular costameres represent nitric oxide synthase-1-positive sarcolemma invaginations enriched in contracted skeletal muscle fibres, The Histochemical Journal, vol.32, issue.12, p.743, 2000.
DOI : 10.1023/A:1004153111532

R. Gossrau, Caveolin-3 and nitric oxide synthase I in healthy and diseased skeletal muscle, Acta Histochemica, vol.100, issue.1, p.99, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0065-1281(98)80009-3