| Receptors on smooth muscle cells: characterization by contraction and specific antagonists KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 242 (4 …, 1982 | 331 | 1982 |
| Gastrin and somatostatin secretion by perfused rat stomach: functional linkage of antral peptides B Saffouri, GC Weir, KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 238 (6 …, 1980 | 274 | 1980 |
| Relaxation of isolated gastric smooth muscle cells by vasoactive intestinal peptide KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf Science 216 (4545), 531-533, 1982 | 203 | 1982 |
| Stimulation of gastrin secretion from the perfused rat stomach by somatostatin antiserum B Saffouri, G Weir, K Bitar, G Makhlouf Life sciences 25 (20), 1749-1753, 1979 | 166 | 1979 |
| Transforming growth factor-β induces airway smooth muscle hypertrophy AM Goldsmith, JK Bentley, L Zhou, Y Jia, KN Bitar, DC Fingar, ... American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 34 (2), 247-254, 2006 | 151 | 2006 |
| Hsp27 is a mediator of sustained smooth muscle contraction in response to bombesin KN Bitar, MS Kaminski, N Hailat, KB Cease, JR Strahler Biochemical and biophysical research communications 181 (3), 1192-1200, 1991 | 141 | 1991 |
| Contraction mediated by Ca2+ influx in esophageal muscle and by Ca2+ release in the LES P Biancani, C Hillemeier, KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 253 (6 …, 1987 | 136 | 1987 |
| Vasoactive intestinal peptide: relaxant neurotransmitter in tenia coli of the guinea pig JR Grider, MB Cable, KN Bitar, SI Said, GM Makhlouf Gastroenterology 89 (1), 36-42, 1985 | 130 | 1985 |
| Inhibition of VIP-stimulated intestinal secretion and cyclic AMP production by somatostatin in the rat RF Carter, KN Bitar, AM Zfass, GM Makhlouf Gastroenterology 74 (4), 726-730, 1978 | 128 | 1978 |
| Regenerative medicine as applied to general surgery G Orlando, KJ Wood, P De Coppi, PM Baptista, KW Binder, KN Bitar, ... Annals of surgery 255 (5), 867-880, 2012 | 119 | 2012 |
| HSP27 in signal transduction and association with contractile proteins in smooth muscle cells AI Ibitayo, J Sladick, S Tuteja, O Louis-Jacques, H Yamada, G Groblewski, ... American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 277 (2 …, 1999 | 119 | 1999 |
| Specific opiate receptors on isolated mammalian gastric smooth muscle cells KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf Nature 297 (5861), 72-74, 1982 | 117 | 1982 |
| Chitosan-based scaffolds for the support of smooth muscle constructs in intestinal tissue engineering E Zakhem, S Raghavan, RR Gilmont, KN Bitar Biomaterials 33 (19), 4810-4817, 2012 | 115 | 2012 |
| HSP27 phosphorylation and interaction with actin-myosin in smooth muscle contraction KN Bitar American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 282 (5 …, 2002 | 115 | 2002 |
| Rho A regulates sustained smooth muscle contraction through cytoskeletal reorganization of HSP27 P Wang, KN Bitar American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 275 (6 …, 1998 | 108 | 1998 |
| Aging and gastrointestinal neuromuscular function: insights from within and outside the gut K Bitar, B Greenwood-Van Meerveld, R Saad, JW Wiley Neurogastroenterology and motility: the official journal of the European …, 2011 | 107 | 2011 |
| Treatment of fecal incontinence: state of the science summary for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases workshop WE Whitehead, SSC Rao, A Lowry, D Nagle, M Varma, KN Bitar, ... Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG 110 (1 …, 2015 | 101 | 2015 |
| Selective presence of opiate receptors on intestinal circular muscle cells KN Bitar, GM Makhlouf Life sciences 37 (16), 1545-1550, 1985 | 97 | 1985 |
| Neural release of vasoactive intestinal peptide from the gut KN Bitar, SI Said, GC Weir, B Saffouri, GM Makhloui Gastroenterology 79 (6), 1288-1294, 1980 | 94 | 1980 |
| Development of a three-dimensional physiological model of the internal anal sphincter bioengineered in vitro from isolated smooth muscle cells L Hecker, K Baar, RG Dennis, KN Bitar American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 289 (2 …, 2005 | 92 | 2005 |
