muscle cells

[Molecular Medicine Reports] hsa_circ_105039 was underexpressed in the heart tissue of patients with congenital heart disease. Investigators found that hsa_circ_105039 overexpression promoted cell differentiation, viability and migration; whereas apoptosis was simultaneously repressed.

[Molecular Medicine Reports] Subarachnoid hemorrhage grade, neurological scores, brain water content and brain swelling were measured to study the mechanisms of PPARβ/δ on vascular smooth muscle phenotypic transformation.

[Journal of Virology] Scientists infected hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, from healthy human subjects, with SARS-CoV-2 in the absence and presence of IL-6 and IL-1β. Infection resulted in increased numbers of multinucleated cells.

[Histology and Histopathology] Researchers reported that TUG1 expression was induced in mouse heart following myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury as well as in cardiomyocytes subjected to simulated ischemia/reperfusion in vitro.

[Cell Death & Disease] Researchers found a potential association between deletion of smooth muscle 22α and deregulated nuclear receptors liver X receptors /retinoid X receptor signaling in mice.

[Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology] In the mouse aortocaval fistula model, anti-PD-L1 antibody was given to inhibit PD-L1 activity during arteriovenous fistulae maturation.