The contraction of smooth muscle is an essential process underpinning diverse physiological functions ranging from gastrointestinal motility to vascular regulation. At its core, smooth muscle ...

Preston F. Gadson, Jr., Candace Rossignol, Judy McCoy, Thomas H. Rosenquist, Expression of Elastin, Smooth Muscle Alpha-Actin, and c-Jun as a Function of the Embryonic Lineage of Vascular Smooth ...

The presence of Piezo1 inside those smooth muscle cells could indicate that it's related to the essential calcium signaling used to create the right rhythm and force in intestinal contractions. When ...

Here we investigated whether distinct modes of phosphorylation on β-catenin could be triggered through heterocellular interactions between endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and ...

Actomyosin is a protein complex composed of actin and myosin. It is found in muscle fibers where it plays a role in muscle contraction.

This study is valuable for understanding how dysfunctional mitochondria contribute to vascular diseases by investigating the influence of Miro1 on smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointima ...

MALIGNANT smooth-muscle tumors (leiomyosarcomas) of soft-tissue origin are rare tumors, as indicated by the fact that in a review of the recent surgical literature, only one series, comprising 36 c ...