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Muscle, Smooth, Vascular

Known as: Vascular Smooth Muscles, Muscles, Vascular Smooth, Vascular Smooth Muscle 
The nonstriated involuntary muscle tissue of blood vessels.
National Institutes of Health

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Blood VesselSmooth muscle (tissue)
Blood supply aspectsMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionVasomotor System

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mechanical strain tightly controls fibroblast growth factor-2 release from cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells.
Although fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) participates in the response to vascular injury, the role of cellular deformation in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Endotoxic shock is a life-threatening consequence of severe Gram-negative infection characterized by vascular smooth muscle cell… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate‐Enhanced Sequestration of Ca2+ by Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Vascular Smooth Muscle
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the intracellular messenger cyclic GMP (cGMP) on sequestration of… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Different receptors are involved in the endothelium-mediated relaxation and the smooth muscle contraction of the rabbit pulmonary artery in response to substance P and related neurokinins.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The vasoconstrictor effect of neuropeptide Y and related peptides in the guinea pig isolated heart
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Effect of L-alpha-phosphatidylinositol on a vascular smooth muscle Ca2+-dependent protease. Reduction of the Ca2+ requirement for autolysis.
Vascular smooth muscle contains large amounts of a Ca2+-dependent protease. Similar to a Ca2+-dependent protease previously… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Effect of a purified atrial natriuretic factor on rat and rabbit vascular strips and vascular beds.
Rat atrium cardiocytes contain a powerful natriuretic and diuretic peptide that has been localized in the specific granules. This… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Calcium- and endothelial-mediated vascular smooth muscle relaxation in rabbit aorta.
The role of calcium in the relaxations evoked by methacholine and A23187 in intact rabbit aortic rings was investigated… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Human vascular smooth muscle in culture. Growth and ultrastructure.
Mixed primary cultures of endothelial and smooth muscle cells were obtained from human umbilical cord vessels after prolonged… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Pentobarbital and contraction of vascular smooth muscle.
This study, with isolated rat aortic strips and portal veins, was undertaken to : 1) study the effects, if any, of pentobarbital… 
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