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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
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Vascular wound healing and neointima formation induced by perivascular electric injury in mice.
Vascular interventions for atherothrombotic disease frequently induce neointima formation, which can contribute to restenosis of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mechanisms for the mechanical response of airway smooth muscle to length oscillation.
Airway smooth muscle tone in vitro is profoundly affected by oscillations in muscle length, suggesting that the effects of lung… 
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
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Endotoxin and cytokines induce direct cardiodepressive effects in mammalian cardiomyocytes via induction of nitric oxide synthase.
In patients with septic shock or inflammatory cardiac diseases like myocarditis myocardial contractility is depressed. These… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Argininosuccinate synthetase mRNA and activity are induced by immunostimulants in vascular smooth muscle. Role in the regeneration or arginine for nitric oxide synthesis.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Free‐calcium and force transients during depolarization and pharmacomechanical coupling in guinea‐pig smooth muscle.
1. Fura2 was loaded by permeation and hydrolysis of the acetoxymethyl ester into smooth muscle cells of intact thin sheets of the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Developmental changes in isoactin expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells in vivo. Relationship between growth and cytodifferentiation.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Mechanism of β- adrenergic relaxation of smooth muscle
The mechanism of β-adrenergic relaxation was investigated in isolated smooth muscle cells. β-adrenergic agents stimulate cyclic… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Electrical Transmission at the Nexus between Smooth Muscle Cells
The hypothesis that nexuses between cells are responsible for the core conductor properties of tissues was tested using smooth… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Succinic and reduced diphosphopyridine nucleotide oxidase systems of Ascaris muscle.
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