Up-regulation of connexin43 correlates with increased synthetic activity and enhanced contractile differentiation in TGF-β-treated human aortic smooth muscle cells

A Rama, T Matsushita, N Charolidi, S Rothery… - European journal of cell …, 2006 - Elsevier
Up-regulation of the gap-junctional protein connexin43 (Cx43) in arterial smooth muscle
cells (SMCs) features in response to injury and in atherosclerosis, in parallel with phenotypic …

Tropomyosin interacts with phosphorylated HSP27 in agonist-induced contraction of smooth muscle

S Somara, KN Bitar - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Displacement of the contractile protein tropomyosin from actin filament exposes the myosin-
binding sites on actin, resulting in actin-myosin interaction and muscle contraction. The …

原肌球蛋白的分子生物学研究进展

杨静娴, 林原 - 大连医科大学学报, 2004 - cqvip.com
原肌球蛋白(TM) 是肌肉收缩过程中重要的调节蛋白质, 它以大量异构体形式广泛分布于各种真
核细胞中. 哺乳动物中的4 个TM 基因已被确认, 分别命名为TPM1, TPM2, TPM3, TPM4 …

Rapid elevation of Inos and decreases in abundance of other proteins at pupal diapause termination in the flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis

A Li, MR Michaud, DL Denlinger - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2009 - Elsevier
We analyzed changes in brain proteins 24 h after pupal diapause termination in
Sarcophaga crassipalpis by a combination of 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass …

Expression of Heparan Sulphate N-deacetylase/N-sulphotransferase by Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

JA Bingley, IP Hayward, AA Girjes, GR Campbell… - The Histochemical …, 2002 - Springer
Heparan sulphate is an important mediator in determining vascular smooth muscle cell
(SMC) phenotype. The sulphation pattern of the heparan sulphate chains is critical to their …

Differential display fingerprints: new approach to characterize smooth muscle cells and human coronary atherectomy tissues

N Blaes, M Elbaz, F Heitz, E Caussé, Y Glock, J Puel… - Pathologie …, 2007 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: Smooth muscle cells build up the normal media and stabilize
atherosclerotic lesions whereas an inflammatory component is determinant for unstable …

Advances in molecular biological research on tropomyosin

Y Jing-xian, LIN Yuan - Journal of Dalian Medical University, 2004 - journal.dmu.edu.cn
Tropomyosin (TM) was one of the most important regulating pro teins of the muscle
contractile system. It was widely distributed in eucaryote cells in a large number of isoforms …

TROPOMYOSIN INTERACTS WITH PHOSPHORYLATED HSP27 UPON AGONIST INDUCED CONTRACTION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE

S Somara, KN Bitar - Ann Arbor, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
TROPOMYOSIN INTERACTS WITH PHOSPHORYLATED HSP27 UPON AGONIST INDUCED
CONTRACTION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE Page 1 1 TROPOMYOSIN INTERACTS WITH …