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Augmentation of α1-Adrenoceptor-Mediated Contraction by Warming Without Increased Phosphorylation of Myosin in Rat Caudal Arterial Smooth Muscle

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2005
We previously reported the relationship between α1-adrenoceptor-mediated contraction and phosphorylation of 20-kDa myosin light chain (LC20) in de-endothelialized rat caudal arterial smooth muscle at room temperature (Mita M, Walsh MP. Biochem J.
Mitsuo Mita   +2 more
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Opiate Modulation of Gastrointestinal Motility and the Actions of Trimebutine

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
Trimebutine is an opiate ligand that interacts with the μ, σ and κ receptor subclasses with approximately equal affinity. Since opiate receptors are widely distributed in the gut, and because opiate receptor subtypes may be involved in excitatory or ...
Stephen M Collins, Edwin E Daniel
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Hypoxia enhances interactions between Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1 and actin filaments via ezrin in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
Exposure to hypoxia, due to high altitude or chronic lung disease, leads to structural changes in the pulmonary vascular wall, including hyperplasia and migration of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs).
Julie M. Lade   +6 more
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Resident phenotypically modulated vascular smooth muscle cells in healthy human arteries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Vascular interstitial cells (VICs) are non-contractile cells with filopodia previously described in healthy blood vessels of rodents and their function remains unknown.
Reddy, M   +10 more
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Endothelin-Induced Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Depletion Waves in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Agonist-stimulated waves of elevated cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i ) regulate blood vessel tone and vasomotion in vascular smooth muscle. Previous studies employing cytoplasmic Ca2+ indicators revealed that these Ca2+ waves were generated by a ...
Cornelis van Breemen   +7 more
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Notch signaling pathway in human vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Notch receptor-ligand interactions are a highly conserved mechanism, originally described in developmental studies using Drosophilae, that regulate inter-cell communication and dictate, in part, vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) fate in response to ...
Scheller, Agnieszka
core   +2 more sources

Caveolin-3 promotes a vascular smooth muscle contractile phenotype

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

Herbal extracts modulate the amplitude and frequency of slow waves in circular smooth muscle of mouse small intestine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Background: Herbal preparations like STW 5 (Iberogast(R)) are widely used drugs in the treatment of dyspepsia and motility-related disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Weiser, D.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Regulation of human airway smooth muscle cell migration and relevance to asthma

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2017
Airway remodelling is an important feature of asthma pathogenesis. A key structural change inherent in airway remodelling is increased airway smooth muscle mass.
Brittany Salter   +4 more
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Smooth muscle raft-like membranes

open access: yesJournal of Lipid Research, 2004
We developed a method for extracting raft-like, liquid-ordered membranes from the particulate fraction prepared from porcine trachealis smooth muscle.
Carl B. Baron, Ronald F. Coburn
doaj   +1 more source

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