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Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2014 The prime function of the arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) in adult individuals is to contract and relax, thereby regulating blood flow to target tissues. However, in several vascular diseases, arterial SMCs in the adult vessel undergo major changes in structure and function.
Valerie Z. Wall, Karin E. Bornfeldt
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Majalah Obstetri dan Ginekologi, 2021 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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Distinct Roles of Smooth Muscle and Non-muscle Myosin Light Chain-Mediated Smooth Muscle Contraction
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Both smooth muscle (SM) and non-muscle (NM) myosin II are expressed in hollow organs such as the bladder and uterus, but their respective roles in contraction and corresponding physiological functions remain to be determined.
Jie Sun +13 more
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α8β1 integrin regulates nutrient absorption through an Mfge8-PTEN dependent mechanism. [PDF]
, 2016 Coordinated gastrointestinal smooth muscle contraction is critical for proper nutrient absorption and is altered in a number of medical disorders. In this work, we demonstrate a critical role for the RGD-binding integrin α8β1 in promoting nutrient ...
Atabai, Kamran +12 more
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Fibronectin matrix polymerization regulates smooth muscle cell phenotype through a Rac1 dependent mechanism. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Smooth muscle cells are maintained in a differentiated state in the vessel wall, but can be modulated to a synthetic phenotype following injury. Smooth muscle phenotypic modulation is thought to play an important role in the pathology of vascular ...
Feng Shi +4 more
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Human tribbles-1 controls proliferation and chemotaxis of smooth muscle cells via MAPK signaling pathways [PDF]
, 2007 Migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells are key to a number of physiological and pathological processes, including wound healing and the narrowing of the vessel wall.Previous work has shown links between inflammatory stimuli and vascular ...
Agnes Czibula +58 more
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Vascular smooth muscle contraction in hypertension [PDF]
, 2018 Hypertension is a major risk factor for many common chronic diseases, such as heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular dementia and chronic kidney disease.
Alves-Lopes, Rheure +6 more
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Differentiation of multipotent vascular stem cells contributes to vascular diseases. [PDF]
, 2012 It is generally accepted that the de-differentiation of smooth muscle cells, from the contractile to the proliferative/synthetic phenotype, has an important role during vascular remodelling and diseases.
Chu, Julia S +7 more
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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005 Proteinases like thrombin and trypsin, long known for their ability to activate the coagulation cascade or to act as digestive enzymes for many protein targets, are now recognized as hormone-like regulators of cell function.
Morley D. Hollenberg
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Notch2 and Notch3 function together to regulate vascular smooth muscle development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Notch signaling has been implicated in the regulation of smooth muscle differentiation, but the precise role of Notch receptors is ill defined. Although Notch3 receptor expression is high in smooth muscle, Notch3 mutant mice are viable and display only ...
Qingqing Wang +3 more
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