Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - Drug effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Growth inhibition of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells following long-term heparin treatment.

29 Nov 2009 Heparin (HP) inhibits pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) growth in vitro and vascular remodeling in vivo. Bârzu et al. (1994) suggested that the antiproliferative effect of HP on rat aortic smooth muscle cell in vitro diminishes with ... Read more...

Upregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma and NADPH oxidases are involved in restenosis after balloon injury.

30 Oct 2009 Restenosis is a major complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and is characterized by increased superoxide formation and accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The mechanisms through which peroxisome ... Read more...

Increased expression of IL-33 in severe asthma: evidence of expression by airway smooth muscle cells.

13 Oct 2009 IL-33, a new member of the IL-1 cytokine family, promotes Th2 inflammation, but evidence on the implications of this cytokine in asthma is lacking. IL-33 would be mainly expressed by structural cells, but whether proinflammatory cytokines modulate ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - Drug effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Growth inhibition of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells following long-term heparin treatment. 29 Nov 2009
• Upregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma and NADPH oxidases are involved in restenosis after balloon injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Increased expression of IL-33 in severe asthma: evidence of expression by airway smooth muscle cells. 13 Oct 2009
• Cytocompatibility studies of an in situ photopolymerized thermoresponsive hydrogel nanoparticle system using human aortic smooth muscle cells. 29 Sep 2009
• Replicative senescence of vascular smooth muscle cells enhances the calcification through initiating the osteoblastic transition. 9 Sep 2009
• Autocrine and paracrine angiopoietin 1/Tie-2 signaling promotes muscle satellite cell self-renewal. 2 Sep 2009
• Negative action of hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met system on angiotensin II signaling via ligand-dependent epithelial growth factor receptor degradation mechanism in vascular smooth muscle cells. 25 Aug 2009
• S100A4 and bone morphogenetic protein-2 codependently induce vascular smooth muscle cell migration via phospho-extracellular signal-regulated kinase and chloride intracellular channel 4. 25 Aug 2009
• Acquisition of the contractile phenotype by murine arterial smooth muscle cells depends on the Mir143/145 gene cluster. 15 Aug 2009
• Arsenic exacerbates atherosclerotic lesion formation and inflammation in ApoE-/- mice. 10 Aug 2009
• Hypertrophic response to angiotensin II is mediated by protein kinase D-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 pathway in human aortic smooth muscle cells. 6 Aug 2009
• Cell-cell bond modulates vascular smooth muscle cell responsiveness to Angiotensin II. 6 Aug 2009
• Long-term high glucose concentration influences Akt, ERK1/2, and PTP1B protein expression in human aortic smooth muscle cells. 2 Aug 2009
• High negative charge-to-size ratio in polyphosphates and heparin regulates factor VII-activating protease. 29 Jul 2009
• Assessing the effects of transforming growth factor-beta1 on bladder smooth muscle cell phenotype. II. Modulation of collagen organization. 19 Jul 2009
• Assessing the effects of transforming growth factor-beta1 on bladder smooth muscle cell phenotype. I. Modulation of in vitro contractility. 19 Jul 2009
• The soluble guanylate cyclase activator HMR1766 reverses hypoxia-induced experimental pulmonary hypertension in mice. 15 Jul 2009
• Blockade of connexin 43 hemichannels reduces neointima formation after vascular injury by inhibiting proliferation and phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells. 11 Jul 2009
• Pharmacological characterization of SAR407899, a novel rho-kinase inhibitor. 11 Jul 2009
• PPARdelta-mediated p21/p27 induction via increased CREB-binding protein nuclear translocation in beraprost-induced antiproliferation of murine aortic smooth muscle cells. 6 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Myocytes, Smooth Muscle'

Definition: Non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cells found lining the digestive tract, uterus, and blood vessels. They are derived from specialized myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, SMOOTH MUSCLE).

Descriptor UI: D032389

Alternative terms: Myocytes, Smooth Muscle; Myocyte, Smooth Muscle; Smooth Muscle Myocyte; Smooth Muscle Myocytes; Smooth Muscle Cells; Cell, Smooth Muscle; Cells, Smooth Muscle; Smooth Muscle Cell;

Related Mesh Headings: Myoblasts, Smooth Muscle;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; cytology; drug effects; enzymology; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A11.620.520;

History Note: 2003