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Fetal-derived trophoblast use the apoptotic cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha-related apoptosis-inducing ligand to induce smooth muscle cell death.

, 2007
Remodeling of the uterine spiral arteries during pregnancy transforms them from high to low resistance vessels that lack vasoconstrictive properties. This process is essential to meet the demand for increased blood flow imposed by the growing fetus. Loss
Cartwright, JE, Aplin, JD, Whitley, GS, Keogh, RJ, Freeman, A, Harris, LK, Baker, PN   +6 more
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Expression of mRNA for phospholipase A(2), cyclooxygenases, and lipoxygenases in cultured human umbilical vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells and in biopsies from umbilical arteries and veins [PDF]

, 1998
Arachidonic acid (AA) is released by phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) and then converted into vasoactive and inflammatory eicosanoids by cyclooxygenases (COX) and lipoxygenases (LOX).
Söderkvist, Peter, Gidlöf, Anders, Uhl, Eberhard, Carlsson, Maria, Öst, Martin, Sirsjö, Allan   +5 more
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MicroRNA26 attenuates vascular smooth muscle maturation via endothelial BMP signalling.

PLoS Genetics, 2019
As small regulatory transcripts, microRNAs (miRs) act as genetic 'fine tuners' of posttranscriptional events, and as genetic switches to promote phenotypic switching. The miR miR26a targets the BMP signalling effector, smad1.
Charlene Watterston, Lei Zeng, Abidemi Onabadejo, Sarah J Childs   +3 more
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Somatic PDGFRB activating variants promote smooth muscle cell phenotype modulation in intracranial fusiform aneurysm

Journal of Biomedical Science
Background The fusiform aneurysm is a nonsaccular dilatation affecting the entire vessel wall over a short distance. Although PDGFRB somatic variants have been identified in fusiform intracranial aneurysms, the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving ...
Li Hao, Xiaolong Ya, Jiaye Wu, Chuming Tao, Ruochen Ma, Zhiyao Zheng, Siqi Mou, Yiming Ling, Yingxi Yang, Jiguang Wang, Yan Zhang, Qing Lin, Jizong Zhao   +12 more
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Autophagic regulation of smooth muscle cell biology

Redox Biology, 2015
Autophagy regulates the metabolism, survival, and function of numerous cell types, including those comprising the cardiovascular system. In the vasculature, changes in autophagy have been documented in atherosclerotic and restenotic lesions and in ...
Joshua K. Salabei, Bradford G. Hill
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Silodosin inhibits noradrenaline-activated transcription factors Elk1 and SRF in human prostate smooth muscle. [PDF]

, 2012
The transcription factors Elk1 and serum response factor (SRF) are central regulators of cell cycle and phenotype in various cell types. Elk1 is activated by phosphorylation (serine-383), while activation of SRF requires its co-factor, myocardin ...
Christian G Stief, Strittmatter, Frank, Martin Hennenberg, Waidelich, Raphaela, Beckmann, Christer, Füllhase, Claudius, Rutz, Beata, Montorsi, Francesco, Petter Hedlund, Christer Beckmann, Christian Gratzke, Stief, Christian Georg, Raphaela Waidelich, Hedlund, Petter, Frank Strittmatter, Karl-Erik Andersson, Andersson, Karl-Erik, Francesco Montorsi, Hennenberg, Martin, Gratzke, Christian, Beata Rutz, Claudius Füllhase   +21 more
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Potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells

Physiological Reviews
Vascular smooth muscle cells express several types of potassium (K + ) channels that control physiological functions including contractility, migration, proliferation, and differentiation.
Tessa A. C. Garrud, Daniel M. Collier, Jonathan H. Jaggar   +2 more
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How vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching contributes to vascular disease

Cell Communication and Signaling, 2022
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the most abundant cell in vessels. Earlier experiments have found that VSMCs possess high plasticity. Vascular injury stimulates VSMCs to switch into a dedifferentiated type, also known as synthetic VSMCs, with a ...
Genmao Cao, Xuezhen Xuan, Jie Hu, Ruijing Zhang, Haijiang Jin, Honglin Dong   +5 more
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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   +18 more
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Finite element and mechanobiological modelling of vascular devices [PDF]

, 2011
There are two main surgical treatments for vascular diseases, (i) percutaneous stent deployment and (ii) replacement of an atherosclerotic artery with a vascular graft or tissue engineered blood vessel.
Zahedmanesh, Houman
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