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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

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsStriated muscle fasciculus

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MyoblastsMyocytes, CardiacMyoepithelial cell

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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… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Membrane Electrical Properties of Vesicular Na‐Ca Exchange Inhibitors in Single Atrial Myocytes
Na-loading single frog atrial cells produce changes in membrane currents that are similar to the creep currents originally… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Effect of Membrane Depolarization on Binding of [3H]Nitrendipine to Rat Cardiac Myocytes
Binding of the dihydropyridine calcium antagonist [3H]nitrendipine was studied in cardiac myocytes incubated in normal and high… 
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
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The efflux of magnesium from single crustacean muscle fibres
1. In the large single muscle fibres from the barnacle Balanus nubilus, the total fibre Mg concentration was estimated as 15·1 m… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin on transmembrane potentials, intracellular electrolytes and cell pH of rat muscle and liver in vivo
1. The effects of ouabain and diphenylhydantoin (DPH) to inhibit and stimulate, respectively, the Na+—K+ pump were used to…