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Smooth Muscle Cells in Vascular Remodeling.

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2019
As the primary causes of myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis, in-stent restenosis, and aneurysm, aortic diseases pose a serious threat to human health.
Ning Shi, Xiaohan Mei, Shi-You Chen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genomics‐led approach to drug testing in models of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
GA text Genomic data from undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma patients and preclinical models were used to inform a targeted drug screen. Selected compounds were tested in 2D and 3D cultures of UPS cell lines. A combination of trametinib and infigratinib was synergistic in the majority of UPS cell lines tested, which was further confirmed in an ex ...
Piotr J. Manasterski, Molly R. Danks, John P. Thomson, Morwenna Muir, Martin Lee, John C. Dawson, Ana T. Amaral, Juan Diaz‐Martin, David S. Moura, Javier Martin‐Broto, Ali Alsaadi, Donald M. Salter, Ailsa J. Oswald, Graeme Grimes, Larry Hayward, Ted R. Hupp, Karen Sisley, Paul H. Huang, Neil O. Carragher, Valerie G. Brunton   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biochemical Properties of a Bushmaster Snake Venom Serine Proteinase (LV-Ka), and Its Kinin Releasing Activity Evaluated in Rat Mesenteric Arterial Rings

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2004
A serine proteinase with kallikrein-like activity (LV-Ka) has been purified to homogeneity from bushmaster snake (Lachesis muta muta) venom. Physicochemical studies indicated that LV-Ka is a single chain glycoprotein with a molecular mass (Mr) of 33 kDa ...
Maria L.D. Weinberg, Liza F. Felicori, Cynthia A. Bello, Henrique P.B. Magalhães, Alvair P. Almeida, Arinos Magalhães, Eladio F. Sanchez   +6 more
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Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Contractility in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Implications for Therapy

Frontiers in Physiology, 2017
There are two primary components that produce pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); aberrant structural changes (smooth muscle cell proliferation, smooth muscle cell hypertrophy, and the deposition of matrix proteins within the media of pulmonary ...
Melissa A. Lyle, Jonathan P. Davis, Frank V. Brozovich   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Molecular 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, Yoshihiro Mezawa, Zixu Wang, Ahmet Acar, Yasuhiko Ito, Atsushi Takano, Yohei Miyagi, Tomoyuki Yokose, Toshinari Yamashita, Yataro Daigo, Takuya Shirakihara, Akira Orimo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pericytes change function depending on glioblastoma vicinity: emphasis on immune regulation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pericytes alter their transcriptome depending on their proximity to the tumor core. In the tumor core, pericytes display a more active state with higher communication strength but with lower immune activation potential and a shift toward extracellular matrix production.
Carolina Buizza, Robert Carlsson, Coralie Gamper, Gayatri Chitale, Johan Bengzon, Gesine Paul   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

SRSF1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation through a Δ133p53/EGR1/KLF5 pathway

Nature Communications, 2017
The hyperproliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells underlies many vascular diseases. Here Xieet al. show that the splicing factor SRSF1 is an endogenous stimulator of human and mouse aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation via the Δ133p53/EGR1/KLF5 ...
Ning Xie, Min Chen, Rilei Dai, Yan Zhang, Hanqing Zhao, Zhiming Song, Lufeng Zhang, Zhenyan Li, Yuanqing Feng, Hua Gao, Li Wang, Ting Zhang, Rui-Ping Xiao, Jianxin Wu, Chun-Mei Cao   +14 more
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Smooth Muscle Ion Channels and Regulation of Vascular Tone in Resistance Arteries and Arterioles.

Comprehensive Physiology, 2017
Vascular tone of resistance arteries and arterioles determines peripheral vascular resistance, contributing to the regulation of blood pressure and blood flow to, and within the body's tissues and organs.
N. Tykocki, E. Boerman, W. Jackson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cyclosporin A inhibits PGE2 release from vascular smooth muscle cells [PDF]

, 1987
The influence of the fungoid undecapeptide cyclosporin A (CyA) on PGE2 release from cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells was investigated in this study.
Koch, K. M., Kurtz, Armin, Kühn, K., Pfeilschifter, J.   +3 more
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Understanding and measuring mechanical signals in the tumor stroma

FEBS 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, Chiara Cimmino, Maurizio Ventre, Alessandra Cambi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source