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Immunohistochemistry using an antibody to unphosphorylated connexin 43 to identify human myometrial interstitial cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2008
Background Myometrial smooth myocytes contract as a result of electrical signalling via a process called excitation-contraction coupling. This process is understood in great detail at the cellular level but the generation and coordination of electrical ...
Van Lommel Alfons, Roskams Tania, Deprest Jan, Gevaert Thomas, Hutchings Graham, Nilius Bernd, De Ridder Dirk   +6 more
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Characterization of Muscarinic Receptor-Mediated Cationic Currents in Longitudinal Smooth Muscle Cells of Mouse Small Intestine

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2006
.: In mouse intestinal smooth muscle cells held at −50 mV, carbachol evoked an atropine-sensitive inward current in the intracellular presence of Cs+.
Takashi Sakamoto, Toshihiro Unno, Hayato Matsuyama, Mai Uchiyama, Mitsunobu Hattori, Masakazu Nishimura, Seiichi Komori   +6 more
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The use of calcium channel blockers in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases [PDF]

Arhiv za farmaciju, 2015
Voltage-sensitive calcium channels (L-type) mediate the entry of extracellular calcium into smooth muscle and cardiac myocytes and sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodal cells in response to electrical depolarization.
Đokić Mirjana
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Immunolocalization of KATP channel subunits in mouse and rat cardiac myocytes and the coronary vasculature. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Electrophysiological data suggest that cardiac KATP channels consist of Kir6.2 and SUR2A subunits, but the distribution of these (and other KATP channel subunits) is poorly defined.
Artman, M, Alison Morrissey, Tomoe Y Nakamura, Yoshida, H, Parachuru, L, Nakamura, TY, Coetzee, WA, Lavanya Parachuru, Hidetada Yoshida, Andrew Tinker, Lanning, J, Gwendolyn Lopez, Morrissey, A, Michael Artman, William A Coetzee, Lopez, G, Tong, X, Dhar Chowdhury, P, XiaoYong Tong, Han, S, Jonathan P Giblin, Sandra Han, Giblin, JP, Erika Rosner, Jennifer Lanning, Piyali Dhar Chowdhury, Tinker, A, Rosner, E   +27 more
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The Selective Rat Toxicant Norbormide Blocks KATP Channels in Smooth Muscle Cells But Not in Insulin-Secreting Cells

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019
Norbormide is a toxicant selective for rats to which it induces a widespread vasoconstriction. In a recent paper, we hypothesized a role of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in norbormide-induced vasoconstriction.
Simona Saponara, Fabio Fusi, Ottavia Spiga, Alfonso Trezza, Brian Hopkins, Brian Hopkins, Margaret A. Brimble, David Rennison, Sergio Bova   +8 more
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LIM-only protein, CRP2, switched on smooth muscle gene activity in adult cardiac myocytes [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007
Smooth muscle α-actin gene activity appears in promyocardial cells well before cardiac myocyte differentiation and is down-regulated during the onset of rhythmic contractility and cardiac morphogenesis. The levels of LIM-only CRP2 correlated well with smooth muscle gene activity.
David F, Chang, Narasimhaswamy S, Belaguli, Jiang, Chang, Robert J, Schwartz   +3 more
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Obligatory role for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in activation of native TRPC1 store-operated channels in vascular myocytes [PDF]

, 2009
In the present study the effect of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) was studied on a native TRPC1 store-operated channel (SOC) in freshly dispersed rabbit portal vein myocytes.
Saleh, Sohag N., Albert, Anthony P., Large, William A., Large, WA, Saleh, SN, Albert, AP   +5 more
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Sources and regulation of nitric oxide synthesis in uterus smooth muscle cells [PDF]

The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2019
It was proved that NO synthesis in isolated mitochondria of rat uterus smooth muscle depended on the entry of exogenous Ca2+ to mitochondria (inhibited by 1-10 mM Mg2+ in the absence of ATP and by 10 μM ruthenium red) and was suppressed by calmodulin ...
H. V. Danylovych , Yu. V. Danylovych, T. V. Bohach, S. O. Kosterin, S. O. Kosterin   +4 more
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Mechanisms altering airway smooth muscle cell Ca(2+) homeostasis in two asthma models [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Asthma is characterized by airway remodeling, altered mucus production and airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC) contraction causing extensive airway narrowing. In particular, alterations of ASMC contractility seem to be of crucial importance. The
Kellner, Julia, Tantzscher, Juliane, Edelmann, Martin, Bergner, Albrecht, Oelmez, Hamza, Huber, Rudolf M., Fischer, Rainald   +6 more
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Activation of native TRPC1/C5/C6 channels by endothelin-1 is mediated by both PIP3 and PIP2 in rabbit coronary artery myocytes [PDF]

, 2009
We investigate activation mechanisms of native TRPC1/C5/C6 channels (termed TRPC1 channels) by stimulation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) receptor subtypes in freshly dispersed rabbit coronary artery myocytes using single channel recording and ...
Anthony P. Albert, Saleh, Sohag N., Albert, Anthony P., Sohag N. Saleh, William A. Large, Large, William A., Large, WA, Saleh, SN, Albert, AP   +8 more
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