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Mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle contraction and the basis for pharmacologic treatment of smooth muscle disorders [PDF]

, 2016
The smooth muscle cell directly drives the contraction of the vascular wall and hence regulates the size of the blood vessel lumen. We review here the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which agonists, therapeutics, and diseases ...
Aggarwal, M., Brozovich, F. V., Degen, C. V., Gao, Yuan Z., Morgan, K. G., Nicholson, C. J.   +5 more
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Effective Sliding Motions of Vibration‐Induced Emission Stoppers in Mechanically Interlocked Molecules as Artificial Muscle Tougheners and In Situ Molecular Shuttling Sensors for Self‐Healable Mechano‐Fluorescent Polyurethane Organogels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The self‐healable ratiometric mechano‐fluorescent polyurethane (PU) organogel is constructed by incorporating a minor amount (ca. 1.5 wt.%) of the unconventional daisy chain rotaxane (as an artificial molecular muscle toughener) with specific sliding motions and ratiometric emission behaviors into the PU skeleton, which reveals the progressed intrinsic
Tu Thi Kim Cuc, Yu‐Chen Lai, Trang Manh Khang, Wei‐Tsung Chuang, Tung‐Kung Wu, Ricardas Rotomskis, Simona Steponkiene, Hong‐Cheu Lin   +7 more
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Regulation of PDGFRα+ cells and ICC in progesterone-mediated slow colon transit in pregnant mice

Heliyon
Background: Progesterone can inhibit intestinal smooth muscle contraction; however, the specific mechanism remains unclear. Besides smooth muscle cells, smooth muscle has two important mesenchymal cells, namely interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and ...
Chen Lu, Hui Luo, Ye Wang, Shuang Jing, Jun Zhao, Kexin Zou, Fan Wu, Hao Ying   +7 more
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Adaptive 4D‐Printed Vascular Stents With Low‐Temperature‐Activated and Intelligent Deployment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Microarchitected coronary artery stents were fabricated using a polycaprolactone (PCL)‐based shape memory polymer (SMP) composite via projection micro‐stereolithography (PµSL) 4D printing. By incorporating diethyl phthalate (DEP) as a plasticizer, the thermal transition temperature (Ttran) was modulated to about 37°C, enabling rapid and autonomous ...
Yannan Li, Yifan Pan, Chikahiro Imashiro, Chaolun Xu, Jianxian He, Jingao Xu, Kewei Song, Ze Zhang, Chen Gao, Junbo Jiang, Runhuai Yang, Kayo Hirose, Shinjiro Umezu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Double labelling immunohistochemical characterization of autonomic sympathetic neurons innervating the sow retractor clitoridis muscle [PDF]

, 2008
Retrograde neuronal tracing and immunohistochemical methods were used to define the neurochemical content of sympathetic neurons projecting to the sow retractor clitoridis muscle (RCM). Differently from the other smooth muscles of genital organs, the RCM
Acone, Franca, Bo Minelli, Luisa, Botti, Maddalena, Gazza, Ferdinando, Palmieri, Giovanni, Panu, Rino, Ragionieri, Luisa   +6 more
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AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibits IGF-I Signaling and Protein Synthesis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Stimulation of Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 S794 and Tuberous Sclerosis 2 S1345 Phosphorylation [PDF]

, 2010
Junyu Ning, David R. Clemmons
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From In‐Silico Optimized Microfabrication to Experimental Validation: Engineering a Tridimensional Epi‐Intraneural Interface

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An epi‐intraneural interface is developed through in silico optimization and a novel tridimensional microfabrication pipeline. The device integrates penetrating and epineural contacts on a flexible substrate. Mechanical, electrochemical, and in vivo testing in rat and pig reveal robust implantation, low‐threshold activation, and site‐dependent ...
Federico Ciotti, Andrea Cimolato, Noemi Gozzi, Pietro Palopoli, Luca Brugnoli, Natalija Katic Secerovic, Rebecca Gallivan, Alexander Shokurov, Carlo Menon, Johannes Weichart, Ignacio Delgado‐Martinez, Weiguo Song, Stavros Zanos, Xavier Navarro, Stanisa Raspopovic   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Multiplication, Apoptosis, and Inflammatory Damage by miR-21 in Coronary Heart Disease [PDF]

, 2021
Wei Liu, Yilin Li, Dongming Zhao
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Proteins, Processing, and Properties of Adhesive Fluid Condensates Purified from Mussels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mussels exhibit an unmatched proficiency for adhering to wet surfaces in salty environments—a remarkable ability that could inspire new biomedical and technical glues. The fluid protein condensates used to form the underwater mussel glue are extracted, reconstituted and characterized with advanced spectroscopy and nanomechanical analysis, revealing ...
Mathieu D. Rivard, Max Renner‐Rao, Nahid Hassanpour, Franziska Jehle, Chang‐Sheng Wang, Duy Anh Pham, Daniel J. Jackson, Xavier Banquy, Matthew J. Harrington   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

CNP-pGC-cGMP-PDE3-cAMP Signal Pathway Upregulated in Gastric Smooth Muscle of Diabetic Rats

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2015
Our previous studies have shown that CNP-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP is upregulated in the diabetic rats. The present study was designed to determine whether the upregulation of CNP-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP signal pathway affects cGMP-PDE3-cAMP signal pathway in diabetic ...
Ying-Lan Cai, Mo-Han Zhang, Xu Huang, Jing-Zhi Jiang, Li-Hua Piao, Zheng Jin, Wen-Xie Xu   +6 more
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