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Endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles alter vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype through high-mobility group box proteins

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2020
The vascular endothelium and smooth muscle form adjacent cellular layers that comprise part of the vascular wall. Each cell type can regulate the other’s structure and function through a variety of paracrine effectors.
Michael J. Boyer, Yayoi Kimura, Tomoko Akiyama, Ariele Y. Baggett, Kyle J. Preston, Rosario Scalia, Satoru Eguchi, Victor Rizzo   +7 more
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Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells [PDF]

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2016
Decades of work have shown that vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotypes are controlled by cues received from the local environment.1–3 When nestled into a cage of cross-linked collagen and elastin of its own making,4 medial SMCs exhibit a fully differentiated phenotype conferred by the transcriptional activity of myocardin and serum response ...
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Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2007
Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) differentiation is an essential component of vascular development. These cells perform biosynthetic, proliferative, and contractile roles in the vessel wall. VSMCs are not terminally differentiated and are able to modulate their phenotype in response to changing local environmental cues.
Kathleen A. Martin, Richard J. Powell, Eva M. Rzucidlo   +2 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, Anagnostopoulou, Aikaterini, Arner, Anders, De Lucca Camargo, Livia, Montezano, Augusto C., Rios, Francisco J., Touyz, Rhian M.   +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, Helms, Jill A, Li, Song, Liu, Bo, Tang, Zhenyu, Wang, Aijun, Yan, Zhiqiang, Yuan, Falei   +7 more
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Smooth muscle cells largely develop independently of functional hemogenic endothelium

Stem Cell Research, 2014
Vascular smooth muscle cells represent a major component of the cardiovascular system. In vitro studies have shown that FLK1+ cells derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells can differentiate into both endothelial and smooth muscle cells.
Monika Stefanska, Guilherme Costa, Michael Lie-a-Ling, Valerie Kouskoff, Georges Lacaud   +4 more
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Senescence in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Atherosclerosis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the primary cell type involved in the atherosclerosis process; senescent VSMCs are observed in both aged vessels and atherosclerotic plaques. Factors associated with the atherosclerotic process, including oxidative stress, inflammation, and calcium-regulating factors, are closely linked to senescence in VSMCs. A
Yiwen Zha, Wenwen Zhuang, Yongqi Yang, Yue Zhou, Hongliang Li, Hongliang Li, Jingyan Liang, Jingyan Liang, Jingyan Liang   +8 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, Andrea R. King, Anthony G. Wilson, Bonventre, Che, Choukroun, David C. Crossman, Du, Emily Heath, Endre Kiss-Toth, Force, Goldschmidt, Grosshans, Hegedus, Hegedus, Hongtao Guan, Hye Youn Sung, Iynedjian, Jones, Ju, Katalin Eder, King, Kiss-Toth, Kiss-Toth, Kiss-Toth, Koo, Lai, Levchenko, Li, Majesky, Mata, McCarthy, Michnick, Mii, Morton, Ohoka, Remy, Remy, Robinson, S. Kim Suvarna, Saka, Sato, Satterthwaite, Schwarzer, Seher, Sheila E. Francis, Stary, Stary, Stary, Steven K. Dower, Surapisitchat, Takeishi, Touyz, Warner, Wilkin, Xia, Yamakawa, Yang, Yue   +58 more
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iPLA2β overexpression in smooth muscle exacerbates angiotensin II-induced hypertension and vascular remodeling. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Calcium independent group VIA phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2)β) is up-regulated in vascular smooth muscle cells in some diseases, but whether the up-regulated iPLA(2)β affects vascular morphology and blood pressure is unknown.
Lindsay E Calderon, Shu Liu, Wen Su, Zhongwen Xie, Zhenheng Guo, Wanda Eberhard, Ming C Gong   +6 more
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The regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis [PDF]

Cardiovascular Research, 2000
Apoptosis describes the morphological changes that identify a specific form of regulated cell death. Over recent years, the importance of either aberrant onset or suppression of apoptosis within tissues has become apparent and is associated with the development of several terminal diseases. Here we describe the relevance of apoptosis to the maintenance
Nicola McCarthy, Martin R. Bennett
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