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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Nongenomic actions of glucocorticosteroids on the airway vasculature in asthma.
Inhaled glucocorticosteroids (corticosteroids) continue to be the standard treatment for nonexacerbated asthma because of their… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Role of Crk-Associated Substrate in the Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction
Abstract—A pool of actin monomers is induced to polymerize into actin filaments during contractile stimulation of smooth muscle… 
2003
2003
Endothelin-Induced Increases in Ca2+ Entry Mechanisms of Vascular Contraction Are Enhanced During High-Salt Diet
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
Defining the Structural Determinants and a Potential Mechanism for Inhibition of Myosin Phosphatase by the Protein Kinase C-potentiated Inhibitor Protein of 17 kDa*
Contractility of smooth muscle and non-muscle microfilaments involves phosphorylation of myosin II light chain. Myosin light… 
2001
2001
Enhancement of Rho/Rho-kinase system in regulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction in tachycardia-induced heart failure.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Regulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction: myosin light chain phosphorylation dependent and independent pathways.
Ca(2+)-dependent myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation is an important step in the initiation of smooth muscle contraction… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Pathophysiology of the Vasculature in Hypertension
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
Vibration-induced inhibition of vascular smooth muscle contraction.
Vascular smooth muscle is known to be exposed to an oscillating strain under physiological and patho-physiological conditions as… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effect of catecholamines and angiotensin on cyclic AMP in rat aorta and tail artery.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Ca and Na interaction in vascular smooth muscle contraction.
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