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smooth muscle cell apoptotic process

Known as: SMC apoptosis, programmed cell death, smooth muscle cells, smooth muscle cell programmed cell death by apoptosis 
Any apoptotic process in a smooth muscle cell. Smooth muscle consists of non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cell found lining the digestive… Expand
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Has Our Understanding of Calcification in Human Coronary Atherosclerosis Progressed?
Coronary artery calcification is a well-established predictor of future cardiac events; however, it is not a predictor of… Expand
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Mechanistic insights into vascular calcification in CKD.
Cardiovascular disease begins early in the course of renal decline and is a life-limiting problem in patients with CKD. The… Expand
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Pathophysiology and epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are found in up to 8% of men aged >65 years, yet usually remain asymptomatic until they rupture… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Dialysis Accelerates Medial Vascular Calcification in Part by Triggering Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis
Background— Vascular calcification is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in stage V chronic kidney disease, yet… Expand
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Vitamin K-dependent proteins, warfarin, and vascular calcification.
  • J. Danziger
  • Clinical journal of the American Society of…
  • 2008
    • Corpus ID: 207329661
Vitamin K-dependent proteins (VKDPs) require carboxylation to become biologically active. Although the coagulant factors are the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Gene therapy targeting survivin selectively induces pulmonary vascular apoptosis and reverses pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by genetic and acquired abnormalities that suppress apoptosis and enhance… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Blockade Mediates Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis and Improves Survival in Rats With Pulmonary Hypertension
Background—We previously reported that administration of elastase inhibitors reverses fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dichloroacetate Prevents and Reverses Pulmonary Hypertension by Inducing Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis
The pulmonary arteries (PA) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are constricted and remodeled;. They have suppressed… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Determinants of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis after balloon angioplasty injury. Influence of redox state and cell phenotype.
We have observed that acute medial cell loss is an initial event in the response to vascular injury induced by balloon-catheter… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Vasoactive substances regulate vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis. Countervailing influences of nitric oxide and angiotensin II.
This study tests the hypothesis that the control of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) apoptosis is regulated by the antagonistic… Expand
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