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Calcium Signaling in Smooth Muscle [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2011
Changes in intracellular Ca(2+) are central to the function of smooth muscle, which lines the walls of all hollow organs. These changes take a variety of forms, from sustained, cell-wide increases to temporally varying, localized changes. The nature of the Ca(2+) signal is a reflection of the source of Ca(2+) (extracellular or intracellular) and the ...
Nelson, Mark; id_orcid 0000-0002-6608-8784, Hill-Eubanks, David C., Werner, Matthias E., Heppner, Thomas J., Nelson, Mark T.   +4 more
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Orai store-operated Ca2+ entry channels modulate urethral smooth muscle contractility

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In the European Union, urinary incontinence (UI) affects 45% of adults during their lifetime, representing a major clinical and socio-economic burden. Failure of urethral smooth muscle (USM) to contract normally (hypo or hypercontractility) contributes ...
Bernard T. Drumm, Neha Gupta
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Acquired smooth muscle hamartoma: A case report on the lower extremity with hidrosis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Smooth muscle hamartomas are benign dermal proliferations of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle hamartomas are sub-divided into congenital or acquired; the latter is a rare entity with less than 20 cases being reported in the English literature.
Malika A Ladha, Todd Remington
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Masson Trichrome Stain Helps Differentiate Myofibroma from Smooth Muscle Lesions in the Head and Neck Region

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
Myofibromas are well described in the head and neck region, but differentiating them from smooth muscle lesions is still difficult using smooth muscle immunohistochemical stains.
Julia Yu Fong Chang, Harvey P. Kessler
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Effects of 17β-oestradiol on rat detrusor smooth muscle contractility [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 17β-oestradiol (E2) on detrusor smooth muscle contractility and its possible neuroprotective role against ischaemic-like condition, which could arise during overactive bladder disease.
Keith L. Brain, Sgaragli, G, Giampietro Sgaragli, Pessina, F, Sgaragli, G., Pessina, F., Young, John, John S. Young, Valeri, A., Young, JS, Sgaragli, GIAN PIETRO, Valeri, A, Young, J. S., Aurora Valeri, Brain, K., Brain, K. L., Pessina, Federica, Federica Pessina, Brain, Keith; id_orcid, Brain, KL   +19 more
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Generation of myogenic progenitor cell-derived smooth muscle cells for sphincter regeneration

Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2020
Background Degeneration of smooth muscles in sphincters can cause debilitating diseases such as fecal incontinence. Skeletal muscle-derived cells have been effectively used in clinics for the regeneration of the skeletal muscle sphincters, such as the ...
Marco Thurner, Martin Deutsch, Katrin Janke, Franka Messner, Christina Kreutzer, Stanislav Beyl, Sébastien Couillard-Després, Steffen Hering, Jakob Troppmair, Rainer Marksteiner   +9 more
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A Case of Massive Broad Ligament Leiomyoma Imitating an Ovarian Tumour [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Leiomyomas are the most common benign tumours of female reproductive system which occur in women of child- bearing ages. Large fibroids are known to arise from uterus, but rarely from broad ligament.
Preeti Bansal, Dinesh Garg
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Endothelial cell impact on smooth muscle cell properties: role of hemodynamic forces [PDF]

, 2009
The vascular endothelium is a dynamic cell monolayer located at the interface of the vessel wall and bloodstream, where it regulates the physiological effects of humoral and hemodynamic stimuli on vessel tone and remodelling.
Killeen, Maria T.
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Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure, Misaki K. Nishio, Satoru Okuda, Kohji Hotta   +3 more
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ANO1 channels are expressed in mouse urethral smooth muscle but do not contribute to agonist or neurally evoked contractions

Scientific Reports
Anoctamin-1 Ca2+-activated Cl− channels (ANO1) are proposed to modulate contractility of urethra smooth muscle cells (USMC), but their cellular expression and contribution to agonist/neural evoked activity is unclear.
Neha Gupta, Salah A. Baker, Kenton M. Sanders, Kaneez E. Rabab, Denzel KF. Thean, Tuleen Alkawadri, Caoimhin S. Griffin, Gerard P. Sergeant, Mark A. Hollywood, Keith D. Thornbury, Bernard T. Drumm   +10 more
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