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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… (More)

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Vascular smooth muscle cell

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Mechanisms of Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction and the Basis for Pharmacologic Treatment of Smooth Muscle Disorders
The smooth muscle cell directly drives the contraction of the vascular wall and hence regulates the size of the blood vessel… (More)
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2015
Review
2015
Sudden cardiac death in CKD patients
The risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is high in chronic kidney disease patients, and it increases with the progression of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
miR-145 and miR-143 regulate smooth muscle cell fate and plasticity.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulators of myriad cellular events, but evidence for a single miRNA that can efficiently differentiate… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
MicroRNAs miR-143 and miR-145 modulate cytoskeletal dynamics and responsiveness of smooth muscle cells to injury.
Vascular injury triggers dedifferentiation and cytoskeletal remodeling of smooth muscle cells (SMCs), culminating in vessel… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Biochemistry and molecular cell biology of diabetic complications.
Diabetes-specific microvascular disease is a leading cause of blindness, renal failure and nerve damage, and diabetes-accelerated… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Multilineage cells from human adipose tissue: implications for cell-based therapies.
Future cell-based therapies such as tissue engineering will benefit from a source of autologous pluripotent stem cells. For… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Requirement for generation of H2O2 for platelet-derived growth factor signal transduction.
Stimulation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) transiently increased the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Angiotensin II stimulates NADH and NADPH oxidase activity in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
The signaling pathways involved in the long-term metabolic effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) in vascular smooth muscle cells are… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A specific inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (LY294002).
Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase is an enzyme implicated in growth factor signal transduction by associating with receptor… (More)
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Culture of human endothelial cells derived from umbilical veins. Identification by morphologic and immunologic criteria.
Endothelial cells were isolated from freshly obtained human umbilical cords by collagenase digestion of the interior of the… (More)
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