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The vascular endothelium and smooth muscle form adjacent cellular layers that comprise part of the vascular wall. Each cell type can regulate the other’s structure and function through a variety of paracrine effectors.
Michael J. Boyer +7 more
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The vascular renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system [PDF]
PhDThe renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is one of the major regulators of blood pressure. The actions and generation of RAAS components at the tissue level are less well appreciated.
Xiao, Fang
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Smooth muscle cells largely develop independently of functional hemogenic endothelium
Vascular smooth muscle cells represent a major component of the cardiovascular system. In vitro studies have shown that FLK1+ cells derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells can differentiate into both endothelial and smooth muscle cells.
Monika Stefanska +4 more
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Angiomyoma: An Unusual Diagnosis of Preauricular Swelling [PDF]
Angiomyoma is a benign tumour arising from smooth muscle of blood vessel walls. These tumours are usually found in the lower extremities presenting as a painful mass.
Anamika Kashyap +2 more
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are primarily responsible for vasoconstriction and the regulation of blood pressure1. Pyroptosis, a particular form of regulated cell death, is involved in multiple vascular injuries, including hypertensive vascular ...
Zimin Fang +9 more
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Endothelial cell impact on smooth muscle cell properties: role of hemodynamic forces [PDF]
The vascular endothelium is a dynamic cell monolayer located at the interface of the vessel wall and bloodstream, where it regulates the physiological effects of humoral and hemodynamic stimuli on vessel tone and remodelling.
Killeen, Maria T.
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Cell cultures of human ciliary muscle: growth, ultrastructural and immunocytochemical characteristics [PDF]
Primary ciliary muscle cell cultures derived from human donors (16-91 years) were established and characterized by comparing them with ciliary muscle in tissue sections using immunocytochemical and ultrastructural methods.
Baur, A. +3 more
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Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease affecting nearly half of adult population. It is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and understanding these mechanisms is important to develop new therapies.
Anna Dikalova +4 more
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Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis [PDF]
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are a major cell type present at all stages of an atherosclerotic plaque. According to the 'response to injury' and 'vulnerable plaque' hypotheses, contractile VSMCs recruited from the media undergo phenotypic conversion to proliferative synthetic cells that generate extracellular matrix to form the fibrous cap and ...
Basatemur, Gemma L +4 more
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Caveolin-3 promotes a vascular smooth muscle contractile phenotype
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated the importance of cardiovascular diseases in Western countries. Among the cell types associated with a dysfunctional vasculature, smooth muscle cells are believed to play an essential role in the development of ...
Jorge L. Gutierrez-Pajares +8 more
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