smooth muscle cells

[Biomed Research International] Researchers investigated the capacity for thrombin to trigger inflammation and induce cell proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells.

[Cell & Bioscience] Scientists investigated the specific involvement of apoptosis-inducing factor, a mitochondrial oxidoreductase in regulating mitochondrial energy metabolism and mitophagy in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.

[Nature Communications] Scientists showed defective mechano-phenotype signatures of vascular smooth muscle cells in abdominal aortic aneurysms measured with ultrasound tweezers-based micromechanical system and single-cell RNA sequencing technique.

[Molecular Biology Reports] Scientists investigated the effects of high-glucose conditions on TGF-β type II receptor expression levels, cell viability, and migration rate in vascular smooth muscle cells.

[Communications Biology] Researchers revealed that phosphodiesterase (PDE) 4D expression was upregulated in the aortas of experimental hypertension induced by angiotensin II.

[Laboratory Investigation] Pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells were cultured in hypoxia condition for constructing a pulmonary arterial hypertension model in vitro. The expression of genes and proteins were determined by qRT-PCR and western bolt assays.