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Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Development and Cardiovascular Malformations

open access: yesCardiology Discovery, 2021
. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) have diverse biological functions that include maintaining the vascular structure and recruiting progenitors to form the embryonic vascular system.
Lihua Qi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Contractility in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Implications for Therapy

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

HDAC9 is implicated in atherosclerotic aortic calcification and affects vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Aortic calcification is an important independent predictor of future cardiovascular events. We performed a genome-wide association meta-analysis to determine SNPs associated with the extent of abdominal aortic calcification (n = 9,417) or descending ...
Bagchi, Aranya   +49 more
core   +1 more source

Vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation – 2010 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Biomedical Research, 2010
Vascular smooth muscle cells have attracted considerable interest as a model for a flexible program of gene expression. This cell type arises throughout the embryo body plan via poorly understood signaling cascades that direct the expression of transcription factors and microRNAs which, in turn, orchestrate the activation of contractile genes ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Replication of smooth muscle cells in vascular disease. [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation Research, 1986
Smooth muscle proliferation has been recognized as central to the pathology of both major forms of vascular disease: atherosclerosis and hypertension. Recent advances in our knowledge of mechanisms of control of proliferation suggest that events occurring in adult animals may recapitulate portions of the developmental biology of the smooth muscle cell.
Schwartz, SM, Campbell, GR, Campbell, JH
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Insights into Activation Mechanisms of Store-Operated TRPC1 Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In vascular smooth muscle cells (VMSCs), the stimulation of store-operated channels (SOCs) mediate Ca2+ influx pathways which regulate important cellular functions including contraction, proliferation, migration, and growth that are associated with the ...
Albert, AP   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Stem cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and atherosclerosis.

open access: yesHistology and histopathology, 2006
Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cells to replace dead cells or to repair tissue. Recently, accumulating evidence indicates that mechanical forces, cytokines and other factors can influence stem cell differentiation into vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs).
Margariti, A., Zeng, L., Xu, Q.
openaire   +4 more sources

Vascular smooth muscle cell senescence in atherosclerosis [PDF]

open access: yesCardiovascular Research, 2006
Markers of cell senescence have been identified in both the blood and vessel wall of patients with atherosclerosis. In particular, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) derived from human plaques show numerous features of senescence both in culture and in vivo.
Mary M. Kavurma   +3 more
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Binding of Extracellular Maspin to 1 Integrins Inhibits Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Maspin is a serpin that has multiple effects on cell behavior, including inhibition of migration. How maspin mediates these diverse effects remains unclear, as it is devoid of protease inhibitory activity.
Akiyama   +54 more
core   +2 more sources

Vascular smooth muscle cells

open access: yes, 2017
Abstract To understand the function of arteries in the regulation of blood supply throughout the body it is essential to realize that the vessel wall is composed predominantly of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) with only one single layer of luminal endothelial cells.
Bochaton-Piallat, Marie-Luce   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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