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Muscle Cells

Known as: cells muscle, Myocytes, Myocyte 
A connective tissue cell with the ability to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy via a contractile apparatus. As part of the contractile… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adult Botryoid-Type Embryonal RhabdomyosarcomaAlveolar rhabdomyosarcomaAnaplastic Embryonal RhabdomyosarcomaBenign Smooth Muscle Neoplasm

Broader (2)

Mesenchymal Stem CellsStriated muscle fasciculus

Narrower (3)

MyoblastsMyocytes, CardiacMyoepithelial cell

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2000
2000
KB-R 7943 Block of Ca 2 1 Influx Via Na 1 / Ca 2 1 Exchange Does Not Alter Twitches or Glycoside Inotropy but Prevents Ca 2 1 Overload in Rat Ventricular Myocytes
Background—The Na/Ca exchange (NCX) extrudes Ca 21 from cardiac myocytes, but it can also mediate Ca 21 influx, load the… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Tumor necrosis factor in the heart.
The heart is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-producing organ. Both myocardial macrophages and cardiac myocytes themselves… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Noncalcium-dependent modulation of in vitro atrial natriuretic factor release by extracellular osmolality.
Recent reports have described modulation of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) secretion by atrial stretch, increased Na… 
1986
1986
Postreceptor Myocardial Metabolic Defect in a Rat Model of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Hearts isolated from non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats were found to exhibit reduced rates of basal and insulin-stimulated… 
1985
1985
Transmural Distribution of Isomyosin in Rabbit Ventricle during Maturation Examined by Immunofluorescence and Staining for Calcium‐Activated Adenosine Triphosphatase
Mammalian ventricle contains two major isomyosins, V1 and V3, which differ in the primary structure of their heavy chains (HC… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Bimodal distribution of the prostaglandin I2 synthase antigen in smooth muscle cells.
Vascular and nonvascular smooth muscles in 12 different organs from the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts of… 
1983
1983
Recent progress in the role of platelets in occlusive vascular disease.
Abstract not available. 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Differential radiation response of cultured endothelial cells and smooth myocytes.
In vivo observations have suggested that endothelial cells are the most radiosensitive elements of the vascular wall. To test… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in the lipids of cultured fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.
The lipid content per cell of cells in tissue culture depended on the cell type. Fibroblasts derived from human neonatal foreskin… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Comparative Uptake of Rat and Human Serum Low‐Density and High‐Density Lipoproteins by Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture
Rat aortic smooth muscle cells in culture were exposed to rat and human serum low-(LDL) and high-density (HDL) lipoproteins…