Simultaneous measures of contraction and intracellular calcium in single,...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......simultaneously in single, cultured smooth muscle cells. These methods are the first...can be measured in cultured smooth muscle cells and that cells in vitro exhibit...not be ignored in cultured smooth muscle cells and that the temporal relations...

Altered cytoskeleton in smooth muscle of aganglionic bowel

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......motility is under the control of smooth muscle cells, enteric plexus, and hormonal...bodies in the sarcolemma of the smooth muscle cells. Objective.-To examine the...investigated the influence of smooth muscle cells on neuronal development by...

Scientists turn fat tissue into muscle cells

The Hindustan Times;  July 25, 2006 ;     405 words ......from human fat tissue, into smooth muscle cells, which help the normal function...researchers to engineer and repair smooth muscle cells, which are found within the...prove a reliable source of smooth muscle cells that we can use to regenerate...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- LOS ANGELES RESEARCHERS TRANSFORM STEM CELLS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......taken from human adipose or fat tissue into smooth muscle cells, which help the normal function of a multitude...characteristics, as well as the functionality, of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle cells are found within the human body in the walls...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES RESEARCHERS TRANSFORM STEM CELLS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......taken from human adipose or fat tissue into smooth muscle cells, which help the normal function of a multitude...characteristics, as well as the functionality, of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle cells are found within the human body in the walls...

Smooth Muscle Cells May Hold Key

USA Today;  October 1, 2005 ;     334 words ......A basic mechanism by which smooth muscle cells that line blood vessels can...skeletal and cardiac muscles, smooth muscle cells either can rest in their final...several signals that can stop smooth muscle cells from dividing and enable them...

Lipoprotein link to heart disease revealed. (lipoprotein A may cause...

Science News;  June 12, 1993 ;     376 words ......the bloodstream may cause smooth muscle cells within the artery wall to...University School of Medicine grew smooth muscle cells taken from healthy human arteries...of this activated factor, smooth muscle cells continue their division unchecked...

Matrix synthesis by bladder smooth muscle cells is modulated by stretch...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......mechanical challenge. Bladder smooth muscle cells were grown on distensible...system, we demonstrated that smooth muscle cells were acutely sensitive to...the secretory phenotype of smooth muscle cells and can result in an altered...

Absence of Epstein-Barr virus in smooth muscle cells of idoipathic...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects smooth muscle cells and is associated with leiomyomas...EBV-encoded RNA 1 (EBER1) in smooth muscle cells of IHPS. Setting.-Biopsy specimens...excludes EBV infection of smooth muscle cells as a causal factor in the...

Regulation of Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration by...

The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are two events involved...PROLIFERATION of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are two independent...stented and grafted vessels. Smooth muscle cells first migrate from the media...

Combined Electric Field and Gap Junctions on Propagation of Action...

Journal of Electrocardiology;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......propagation in smooth muscle, PSpice simulations...between cardiac muscle cells. This EF proposal...cells and -55 mV in smooth muscle cells. The overshoot potential...cells and +10 mV in smooth muscle cells. Thus, the amplitude...

Basic fibroblast growth factor regulates extracellular matrix and...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......differentiation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Basic FGF promotes some features...recognized mitogen for, vascular smooth muscle cells (16,44). The concomitant expression...Studies in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells have documented an inverse...

A STEPWISE METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND SMOOTH MUSCLE...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......isolation of endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells from individual canine coronary...isolate endolhelial cells and smooth muscle cells from individual canine coronary...Inomata, 2000; Albassam. 2001). Smooth muscle cells are the other major cell type...

Rapamycin Inhibits Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor-[alpha] from Human...

The American Surgeon;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......are expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). These cytokines stimulate...and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Proliferation and...neointima formation. In cultured smooth muscle cells, rapamycin has been shown...

Effect of erythromycin on homocysteine-induced extracellular matrix...

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Methods: Effects...latent proenzymes by aortic smooth muscle cells and both are involved in arterial...production in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) has not been studied...