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Activation of smooth muscle myosin by smooth and skeletal muscle actins

FEBS Letters, 1981
It has been reported that actins from human uterine and from chicken gizzard smooth muscle are less effective than rabbit skeletal muscle actin in activating the Mg*+-ATPase activity of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin or heavy meromyosin (HMM, [ 1,2]). The difference has been shown to result from an -2-fold greater apparent dissociation constant (Kapp ...
Apolinary Sobieszek, Hanna Strzelecka-Gołaszewska   +1 more
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Smooth muscle hyperplasia of the epididymis [PDF]

Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2011
Benign smooth muscle cell proliferation commonly involves a variety of body organs, yet is a rare finding in the spermatic cord or paratesticular tissue of the male genital tract. Here we discuss a case of smooth muscle hyperplasia of the epididymis which presented as an intrascrotal mass.
Anne Marie Pollock, D Douglas, O Blach
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Current trends in single‐cell RNA sequencing applications in diabetes mellitus

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Single‐cell RNA sequencing is a powerful approach to decipher the cellular and molecular landscape at a single‐cell resolution. The rapid development of this technology has led to a wide range of applications, including the detection of cellular and molecular mechanisms and the identification and introduction of novel potential diagnostic and ...
Seyed Sajjad Zadian, Khodakaram Jahanbin, Shekoofeh Nikooei, Marzieh Rostaminejad, Arezoo Rahimi, Pedram Abdizadeh, Behnam Alipoor   +6 more
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Identification and Initial Functional Characterization of a Human Vascular Cell-Enriched Long Noncoding RNA [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a rapidly growing class of RNA genes with functions related primarily to transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of gene expression. There is a paucity of information about lncRNA expression and
Bell, R. D., Bergmann, J. H., Cowan, S. L., Han, Y., Lin, M., Long, X., Miano, J. M., Nanda, V., Spector, D. L., Zheng, D., Zhou, Q.   +10 more
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Downregulation of sST2, a decoy receptor for interleukin‐33, enhances subcutaneous tumor growth in murine pancreatic cancer cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Subcutaneous implantation of murine Panc02 pancreatic cancer cells depleted of sST2, a soluble decoy receptor for the proinflammatory interleukin‐33 (IL‐33), leads to a decreased number of GLUT4‐positive cancer‐associated adipocytes, reduced levels of the anti‐inflammatory molecule adiponectin, increased phosphorylation of IκBα, elevated Cxcl3 ...
Miho Akimoto, Nobuko Koshikawa, Takao Morinaga, Mimi Tamamori‐Adachi, Atsushi Takatori, Keizo Takenaga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role and regulation of Abelson tyrosine kinase in Crk-associated substrate/profilin-1 interaction and airway smooth muscle contraction

Respiratory Research, 2018
Background Airway smooth muscle contraction is critical for maintenance of appropriate airway tone, and has been implicated in asthma pathogenesis. Smooth muscle contraction requires an “engine” (myosin activation) and a “transmission system” (actin ...
Yinna Wang, Alyssa C. Rezey, Ruping Wang, Dale D. Tang   +3 more
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Origin and differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

Journal of Physiology, 2015
Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), a major structural component of the vessel wall, not only play a key role in maintaining vascular structure but also perform various functions.
Gang Wang, Laureen Jacquet, Eirini Karamariti, Qingbo Xu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of Hnrnpl deficiency on transcriptional patterns of developing muscle cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We performed nanopore whole‐transcriptome sequencing comparing RNA from Hnrnpl‐knockdown versus control C2C12 myoblasts to investigate the contributions of Hnrnpl to muscle development. Our results indicate that Hnrnpl regulates the expression of genes involved with Notch signaling and skeletal muscle, particularly splicing patterns of specific muscle ...
Hannah R. Littel, Mekala Gunasekaran, Audrey L. Daugherty, Natalya M. Wells, Johnnie Turner, Christine C. Bruels, Christina A. Pacak, Isabelle Draper, Peter B. Kang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase 1 inhibition reverses cancer‐associated fibroblast‐mediated immunosuppression in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CAF‐mediated immunosuppression in ovarian cancer is driven by IDO1, reducing T‐cell function. Inhibiting IDO1 restores T‐cell proliferation and cytotoxicity, increases cancer cell apoptosis, and may help overcome CAF‐induced immune suppression in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer. Targeting IDO1 may improve antitumor immunity.
Hyewon Lee, Jung Yoon Ho, In Sun Hwang, Youn Jin Choi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclic Mechanical Stretch Induced Smooth Muscle Cell Changes in Cerebral Aneurysm Progress by Reducing Collagen Type IV and Collagen Type VI Levels

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018
Background/Aims: Cerebral aneurysm growth is characterized by continuous structural weakness of local smooth muscle cells, though the mechanism is unclear.
Peixi Liu, Yaying Song, Yingjie Zhou, Yingjun Liu, Tianming Qiu, Qingzhu An, Jianping Song, Peiliang Li, Yuan Shi, Sichen Li, Kai Quan, Guo-Yuan Yang, Wei Zhu   +12 more
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