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Smooth muscle (tissue)

Known as: Smooth muscle tissue, Smooth Muscle, Muscles, Smooth 
Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Multipotent Embryonic Isl1 + Progenitor Cells Lead to Cardiac, Smooth Muscle, and Endothelial Cell Diversification
Review
2000
Review
2000
Signal transduction by G‐proteins, Rho‐kinase and protein phosphatase to smooth muscle and non‐muscle myosin II
We here review mechanisms that can regulate the activity of myosin II, in smooth muscle and non‐muscle cells, by modulating the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Defective smooth muscle regulation in cGMP kinase I‐deficient mice
Regulation of smooth muscle contractility is essential for many important biological processes such as tissue perfusion… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Rho-associated Kinase Directly Induces Smooth Muscle Contraction through Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation*
Small GTPase Rho plays pivotal roles in the Ca2+ sensitization of smooth muscle. However, the GTP-bound active form of Rho failed… 
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
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… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
The role of endothelium in the responses of vascular smooth muscle to drugs.
Several years ago we accidentally discovered that relaxation of isolated prepa­ rations of arteries (rings, transverse strips, or… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Publisher Summary Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is one of the most important steps in excitation–contraction… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Arterial walls generate from prostaglandin endoperoxides a substance (prostaglandin X) which relaxes strips of mesenteric and coeliac ateries and inhibits platelet aggregation.
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