Improved porosity promotes reendothelialization and smooth muscle remodeling in decellularized tissue-engineered vascular grafts by Tun Wang, Sheng Liao, Peng Lu, Zhenyu He, Siyuan Cheng, Tianjian Wang, Zibo Cheng, Yangyang An, Mo Wang, Chang Shu

“…However, the unsatisfactory reendothelialization and smooth muscle remodeling of current dTEVGs limit their advantages. …”
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Endothelial cell Piezo1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation on large arteries by Javier Abello, Ying Yin, Yonghui Zhao, Josh Maurer, Jihui Lee, Cherokee Bodell, Jahmiera Richee, Abigail J. Clevenger, Zarek Burton, Megan E. Goeckel, Michelle Lin, Stephanie Grainger, Carmen M. Halabi, Shreya A. Raghavan, Rajan Sah, Amber N. Stratman

Subjects: “…Vascular smooth muscle…”
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PPARγ Ligands Regulate Noncontractile and Contractile Functions of Airway Smooth Muscle: Implications for Asthma Therapy by Chantal Donovan, Xiahui Tan, Jane Elizabeth Bourke

“…In asthma, the increase in airway smooth muscle (ASM) can contribute to inflammation, airway wall remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). …”
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Reproducibility and Consistency of Isolation Protocols for Fibroblasts, Smooth Muscle Cells, and Epithelial Cells from the Human Vagina by Jayson Sueters, Rogier Schipperheijn, Judith Huirne, Theo Smit, Zeliha Guler

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Population Kinetics and Protein Profiles of Co-Cultured Adult and Fetus Rabbit Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells by Hayrunisa Kahraman Esen, Burcu Biltekin, Mevlit Korkmaz, B. Haluk Güvenç

“…Objective: Bladder tissue models have been developed using smooth muscle cells (SMCs) on various scaffolds to mimic bladder morphology and physiology. …”
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Asthma-associated prostate enlargement and bladder smooth muscle hypercontractility: unveiling a potential link to LUTS by Peibin Cen, Ming Chen, Xin Qiu, Wenbin Guo, Hongyu Lan, Xingyu Zhou, Ming Lei, Guohua Zeng, Qingfeng Yu

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Leiomyoma of the palatine tonsil - report of a rare and unusual tumor at this site by Andleeb Abrari, Aarti Tyagi, Urmi Mukherjee

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Epigenetic Inhibitors Differentially Impact TGF-β1 Signaling Cascades in COPD Airway Smooth Muscle Cells by Karosham Diren Reddy, Dikaia Xenaki, Ian M. Adcock, Brian G. G. Oliver, Razia Zakarya

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Mechanism and Pharmacodynamic Substance Basis of Raw and Wine-Processed Evodia rutaecarpa on Smooth Muscle Cells of Dysmenorrhea Mice by Yeqian Liu, Hong Li, Lei Chen, Hongxia Zhao, Jian Liu, Shan Gong, Danfeng Ma, Chunming Chen, Shuiqing Zeng, Hongping Long, Weiqiong Ren

“…Afterwards, the uterine smooth muscle cells were isolated from the uterine tissue of dysmenorrhea and normal mice. …”
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Contractile Protein Expression and Phosphorylation and Contractility of Gastric Smooth Muscles from Obese Patients and Patients with Obesity and Diabetes by Wen Li, Kent C. Sasse, Yulia Bayguinov, Sean M. Ward, Brian A. Perrino

“…The altered contractile responses and the protein expression and phosphorylation in gastric muscles of obese patients with diabetes illustrate the importance of understanding how smooth muscle Ca2+ sensitization mechanisms contribute to gastric motility.…”
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Protease-activated receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells: a bridge between thrombo-inflammation and vascular remodelling by Anxhela Habibi, Wolfram Ruf, Leon Schurgers

“…During vascular repair, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) will switch from a contractile to a synthetic reparative phenotype. …”
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hsa_circWDR37_016 Regulates Hypoxia-Induced Proliferation of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells by Shan-Shan Li, Shuang Liang, Yao Long, Xu Chen, Xin Jin

“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by abnormal remodeling of pulmonary vessel walls caused by excessive pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation. Our previous clinical studies have demonstrated the importance of the downregulated circRNA in PAH. …”
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Degraded products generated by iron stent inhibit the vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by downregulating AP-1 by Jiabing Huang, Bingjian Liu, Chunguang Zhao, Jing Li, Dongxu Qiu

“…Current evidence indicates that neointimal hyperplasia driven by uncontrolled proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) is a major cause of restenosis. …”
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Maslinic acid improves mitochondrial function and inhibits oxidative stress and autophagy in human gastric smooth muscle cells by Zheng Xiaoying, Zhang Shuning, Chen Qiaobin

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Regulation of (Pro)Renin Receptor in Renin-Positive Smooth Muscle Cells of Kidney Arterioles in Rats with STZ-Induced Diabetes by Zsolt Razga, Gabor Kovacs, Nikolett Bódi, Petra Talapka, Mária Bagyánszki

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Case report: Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome: a rare genetic cause of infantile interstitial lung disease by Qianying Li, Lidan Cui, Jun Su, Yuelin Shen, Yuelin Shen

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Leptin Inhibits the Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by Angiotensin II through Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanisms by Amaia Rodríguez, Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Victoria Catalán, Ana Fortuño, Gema Frühbeck

“…This study was designed to investigate whether leptin modifies angiotensin (Ang) II-induced proliferation of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from 10-week-old male Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and the possible role of nitric oxide (NO). …”
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Qingxuan Jiangya Decoction Reverses Vascular Remodeling by Inducing Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Jianfeng CHU, Fei XIAO, Meiling YANG, Yang FU, Feng ZHENG, Jun PENG

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Ginger protects against vein graft remodeling by precisely modulating ferroptotic stress in vascular smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation by Xiaoyu Yu, Weiwei Wu, Jingjun Hao, Yuxin Zhou, Deyang Yu, Wei Ding, Xuejuan Zhang, Gaoli Liu, Jianxun Wang

Subjects: “…Vascular smooth muscle cells…”
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Hepatic Steatosis Aggravates Vascular Calcification via Extracellular Vesicle‐Mediated Osteochondrogenic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Zhao‐Lin Zeng, Zhi‐Bo Zhao, Qing Yuan, Shi‐Qi Yang, Zhen‐Xing Wang, Zuo Wang, Shi‐Yu Zeng, An‐Qi Li, Qian Chen, Guo‐Qiang Zhu, Xin‐Hua Xiao, Guang‐Hua Luo, Hai‐Yan Luo, Jiao‐Yang Li, Xu‐Yu Zu, Hui Xie, Jiang‐Hua Liu

“…Steatotic hepatocytes are found to release more EVs, which are able to reach the vascular tissue, be taken up by vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and promote their osteogenic differentiation. …”
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