smooth muscle cell cultureThe ability to control the shape and size of cells is an important enabling technique for investigating influences of geometrical variables on cell physiology. Herein we present a micropatterning technique ("plasma lithography") that uses photolithography and plasma thin-film ...
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Castellot JJ, Favreau LV, Karnovsky MJ et al. (1982) Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell growth by endothelial cell-derived heparin: possible role of a platelet endoglycosidase. J Biol Chem 257:11256–11260 PubMedCASGoogle Scholar Castellot JJ, Rosenberg RD, Karnovsky MJ: Endothelium, hep...
Smooth muscle contractility is regulated by intracellular Ca2 +, which is controlled by entry of Ca2 + through voltage-dependent calcium channels. Changes in the membrane potential of the smooth muscle cell and its subsequent effects on the level of intracellular free calcium [Ca2 +]i in...
During blood vessel development, SM progenitor cells and SMC are incorporated, proliferate and differentiate within vascular tissues, promoting vascularization, repair or regeneration. In general, mature, differentiated SMC represent a stable, contractile muscle cell lineage. However, by adapting to ...
13.Degranulated mast cell induced by ox-LDL improves the formation of smooth muscle cell-derived foam cells肥大细胞在平滑肌细胞源性泡沫细胞形成中的作用 14.The microscopic appearance of a leiomyoma indicates that the cells do not vary greatly in size and shape and closely resemble normal smooth mu...
The efficacy of cell implantation via 3D-spheroids to treat basal tone in fecal incontinence remains unclear. To address this, in this study, we aimed to identify cell differentiation and assess the development of a contractile phenotype corresponding to smooth muscle cells (SMCs) following implantati...
Alpha, beta and gamma actin isoforms have been identified. Alpha actins are a major constituent of the contractile apparatus, whereas beta and gamma actins are involved in the regulation of cell motility. ACTA2 encodes alpha Smooth Muscle Actin and is also known as alpha-actin, alpha-actin-2...
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Smooth muscles are made of individual cells that can vary notably in size, from 20μm in length in the walls of the small blood vessels to 200 to 300μm in length in the intestine. The smooth-muscle cell is characterized by its fusiform shape. The cells are thickest at their midregion...