What does VSMC stand for?

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Patricia Thistlethwaite and colleagues have described the genetic pathway by which vascular smooth muscle cells linked with pulmonary arterial hypertension are switched on to proliferate by a receptor protein called Notch-3.

Key protein behind pulmonary arterial hypertension identified

Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) exhibit extensive phenotypic diversity and rapid growth during embryonic development, but maintain a quiescent, differentiated state in adult.

Regulation of smooth muscle cells in development and vascular ...

Prostaglandins also constrict vascular smooth muscle cells, regulate the mediation of the inflammatory response and constrict general smooth muscle cells.

Suffering from Bladder Dysfunction Give Butterbur Extract A Try and ...

The researchers used genetically altered mice that produce excessive amounts of the human profilin 1 gene in the vascular smooth muscle cells and observed the changes to the vessels that followed, which led to high blood pressure by the time the mice were 6 months old – the rough equivalent to middle age in humans.

Researchers Find Gene Implicated in High Blood Pressure

1]) are important growth factors in the modulation of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) expression in VSMCs.

Platelet-derived growth factor BB modulates PCNA protein synthesis ...

One possibility is that arsenic may alter the normal vasomotor tone of blood vessels, which rises from contractility of vascular smooth muscle cells.

Inorganic arsenite potentiates vasoconstriction through calcium ...

AP23573 also blocks the proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells, the primary cause of narrowing and reblockage of injured arteries, and is an analog of sirolimus, another mTOR inhibitor that has been approved for use in drug-eluting stents.

ARIAD GETS ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION FOR AP23573

The expression of the novel homeobox gene inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell growth.

Case Western obtains United States patent