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Role of vascular smooth muscle cell in the inflammation of atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a pathologic process occurring within the artery, in which many cell types, including T cell, macrophages, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells, interact, and cause chronic inflammation, in response to various inner- or outer ...
Sungha Park
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Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis:Time for a reassessment.
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are key participants in both early and late-stage atherosclerosis. VSMCs invade the early atherosclerotic lesion from the media, expanding lesions, but also forming a protective fibrous cap rich in extracellular ...
M. Grootaert, M. Bennett
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Penile detumescence is maintained by tonic contraction of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells (CCSMC), but the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated.
Xin Rui Lim+4 more
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Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma [PDF]
Luana Rocco Pereira Copi+3 more
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Defining smooth muscle cells and smooth muscle injury [PDF]
For 3 decades, terms such as synthetic phenotype and contractile phenotype have been used to imply the existence of a specific mechanism for smooth muscle cell (SMC) responses to injury. In this issue of the JCI, Hendrix et al. offer a far more precise approach to examining the mechanisms of SMC responses to injury, focused not on general changes in ...
Stephen M. Schwartz, William M. Mahoney
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Sepsis downregulates aortic Notch signaling to produce vascular hyporeactivity in mice
Inhibition of Notch signaling in macrophages is known to reduce inflammation, however, its role in regulating vascular hyporeactivity in sepsis is unknown. Thus we aimed to evaluate the effect of sepsis on vascular Notch signaling.
Vandana Singh+8 more
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Smooth muscle strips for intestinal tissue engineering. [PDF]
Functionally contracting smooth muscle is an essential part of the engineered intestine that has not been replicated in vitro. The purpose of this study is to produce contracting smooth muscle in culture by maintaining the native smooth muscle ...
Christopher M Walthers+3 more
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Characterization of Cecal Smooth Muscle Contraction in Laying Hens
The ceca play an important role in the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract in chickens. Nevertheless, there is a gap of knowledge regarding the functionality of the ceca in poultry, especially with respect to physiological cecal smooth muscle ...
Katrin Röhm+3 more
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Metabolism of vascular smooth muscle cells in vascular diseases.
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the fundamental component of the medial layer of arteries and are essential for arterial physiology and pathology.
Jia Shi+4 more
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HIGHLIGHT 1. Pain intensity, smooth muscle cells density, and alpha-SMA expression can be used to analyze the role of smooth muscle in endometriosis. 2.
Sutrisno Sutrisno+2 more
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