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The role of p53 in the alternation of vascular functions

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Ageing is a risk factor for many degenerative diseases. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are usually big burdens for elderly, caregivers and the health system.
Gabriel Hoi-Huen Chan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endoglin mediates the tumor‐ and metastasis‐promoting traits of stromal myofibroblasts in human breast carcinomas

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Carcinoma‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in tumors influence cancer progression. We identified endoglin (ENG) as a key factor in TGF‐β signaling in myofibroblastic CAFs (myCAFs), linked to poor breast cancer outcomes. Inhibiting ENG on myCAFs suppressed the TGF‐β‐Smad2/3 pathway, reducing primary tumor growth and metastasis.
Shoki Okubo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inflammation signals airway smooth muscle cell proliferation in asthma pathogenesis

open access: yesMultidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2013
Background Airway inflammation stimulates proliferation of airway smooth muscle cell, which contributes to the development of hyperplasia and hypertrophy of smooth muscle cell. The increase in airway smooth muscle cell mass is believed to be due to an up-
Khan Mohammad Afzal
doaj   +1 more source

Intestinal smooth muscle aberrations in pancreatic cancer patients with sarcopenia

open access: yesJCSM Rapid Communications, 2021
Background Cancer cachexia is characterized by impaired function of skeletal and cardiac muscle. Smooth muscle is abundantly present in the body and critical for the function of the gastrointestinal tract.
Rianne D.W. Vaes   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding and measuring mechanical signals in the tumor stroma

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review discusses cancer‐associated fibroblast subtypes and their functions, particularly in relation to extracellular matrix production, as well as the development of 3D models to study tumor stroma mechanics in vitro. Several quantitative techniques to measure tissue mechanical properties are also described, to emphasize the diagnostic and ...
Fàtima de la Jara Ortiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congenital Smooth Muscle Hamartoma Obscuring the Cornea

open access: yesCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2021
Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma is a benign proliferation of smooth muscle that most commonly presents in the lumbosacral area or proximal extremities.
Andrew Bean   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long non-coding RNAs: Modulators of phenotypic transformation in vascular smooth muscle cells

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNAs) are longer than 200 nucleotides and cannot encode proteins but can regulate the expression of genes through epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional modifications.
Bing-Han Lu   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioengineering facets of the tumor microenvironment in 3D tumor models: insights into cellular, biophysical and biochemical interactions

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The tumor microenvironment is a dynamic, multifaceted complex system of interdependent cellular, biochemical, and biophysical components. Three‐dimensional in vitro models of the tumor microenvironment enable a better understanding of these interactions and their impact on cancer progression and therapeutic resistance.
Salma T. Rafik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current trends in single‐cell RNA sequencing applications in diabetes mellitus

open access: yesFEBS 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Activation of smooth muscle myosin by smooth and skeletal muscle actins

open access: yesFEBS 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   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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