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Myocytes, Smooth Muscle

Known as: Smooth muscle tissue cell, Myocyte, Smooth Muscle, Smooth Muscle Myocytes 
Non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cells found lining the digestive tract, uterus, and blood vessels. They are derived from specialized… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anal LeiomyosarcomaBenign Smooth Muscle NeoplasmBreast LeiomyomaCardiac Leiomyosarcoma

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Circular muscle layer of small intestineIntestinal VillusSmooth muscle bundle

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Multipotent Embryonic Isl1 + Progenitor Cells Lead to Cardiac, Smooth Muscle, and Endothelial Cell Diversification
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
New structural motif for ligand-gated ion channels defined by an ionotropic ATP receptor
THE adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP) molecule is an extracellular messenger in neural and non-neural tissues, where it activates… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Inhibition of neointimal smooth muscle accumulation after angioplasty by an antibody to PDGF
Approximately 30 to 40 percent of atherosclerotic coronary arteries treated by angioplasty or by bypass surgery occlude as a… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Angiotensin II induces smooth muscle cell proliferation in the normal and injured rat arterial wall.
The present study was undertaken to explore the possibility that neointimal smooth muscle cells, the characteristic cells of… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Syndromes of accelerated atherosclerosis: role of vascular injury and smooth muscle cell proliferation.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Hyperpolarizing vasodilators activate ATP-sensitive K+ channels in arterial smooth muscle.
Vasodilators are used clinically for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. The effects of some vasodilators seem to be… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Oxidatively modified low density lipoproteins: a potential role in recruitment and retention of monocyte/macrophages during atherogenesis.
Previous studies in this laboratory established that low density lipoprotein (LDL) incubated with cultured endothelial cells… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Omega-conotoxin: direct and persistent blockade of specific types of calcium channels in neurons but not muscle.
Blockade of Ca2+ channels by omega-conotoxin GVIA, a 27 amino acid peptide from the venom of the marine snail Conus geographus… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells Alter Low Density Lipoprotein In Vitro by Free Radical Oxidation
Our purpose was to determine whether the action of oxidative free radicals released by endothelial cells and vascular smooth… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Sodium ions, calcium ions, blood pressure regulation, and hypertension: a reassessment and a hypothesis.
An attempt is made to elucidate the cellular mechanisms which may account for the well-documented correlation between sodium… 
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