Stromal cells generated in long-term cultures appear to follow a vascular smooth muscle
differentiation pathway. Such a pathway, comprising several steps hallmarked by the …

Following injury, tissue repair involves inflammation, granulation tissue formation and scar
constitution. Granulation tissue develops from the connective tissue surrounding the …

To examine the source of smooth muscle-like cells during vascular healing, C57BL/6 (Ly
5.2) female mice underwent whole body irradiation followed by transfusion with 10 6 …

Objective Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder characterized by
progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. The leading cause of death in SSc …

Little is known of the molecular basis of smooth-muscle cell development in the
microvessels of the adult lung in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Using quantitative and …

Repeated ovalbumin (OA) or saline exposure of sensitized Brown Norway rats was
examined on agonist reactivity, airway smooth muscle (ASM) content, and contractile protein …

We have analyzed by immunolabeling the fate of exogenous epitope-tagged actin isoforms
introduced into cultured smooth muscle and non-muscle (ie endothelial and epithelial) cells …

The adult bone marrow (BM) has been generally considered to be composed of
hematopoietic tissue and the associated supporting stroma. There is accumulating evidence …

The vascular and visceral smooth muscle tissues of the lung perform a number of tasks that
are critical to pulmonary function. Smooth muscle function often is compromised as a result …

抄録 Tensile properties of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of synthetic and contractile
phenotypes were determined using a newly developed tensile test system. Synthetic and …