Beyond its primary function in digestion, the stomach secretes various peptides believed to influence numerous physiological processes within the organism. Thes ...

Although vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is implicated in atherogenesis, VSMCs in advanced plaques and cultured from plaques show evidence of VSMC senescence and DNA damage. In ...

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), a key isoform within the bone morphogenetic protein family, plays a critical role in promoting angiogenesis and peripheral nerve regeneration, but its specific ...

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), in response to a myriad of injurious ... Consistently, Suv39h1 silencing restored expression of contractile genes and attenuated proliferation/migration in VSMCs ...

According to doctors, taking vitamin D supplements might be a simple, safe, and cost-effective way to reduce fibroid risk and ...

A research group has discovered that certain naturally occurring peptides in the body can trigger contractions in the vas ...

This signalling system uses 'on' reactions that introduce Ca 2+ into the cell and 'off' reactions that remove it from the cytoplasm. An extensive Ca 2+-signalling toolkit is used to assemble cell ...

The tumor arises from smooth-muscle cells, which tend to spread in an irregular fashion outward from the main body of the tumor. This type of outgrowth is invisible to gross inspection.

State Key Laboratory of Meat Quality Control and Cultured Meat Development, Key Laboratory of Meat Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Meat Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of ...