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Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction Pathway

Known as: Vascular smooth muscle contraction 
A process, occurring in the vascular tissue, whereby actin/myosin complex activity generates force through ATP hydrolysis resulting in a change in… 
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Inhaled glucocorticosteroids (corticosteroids) continue to be the standard treatment for nonexacerbated asthma because of their… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Abstract—A pool of actin monomers is induced to polymerize into actin filaments during contractile stimulation of smooth muscle… 
2003
2003
Abstract—High-salt diet is often associated with increases in arterial pressure, and a role for endothelin (ET)-1 in salt… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Contractility of smooth muscle and non-muscle microfilaments involves phosphorylation of myosin II light chain. Myosin light… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Ca(2+)-dependent myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation is an important step in the initiation of smooth muscle contraction… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
The vessel wall is thicker in hypertension. Folkow demonstrated that adaptive structural changes occur in vessels in response to… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Vascular smooth muscle is known to be exposed to an oscillating strain under physiological and patho-physiological conditions as…