... to collagen-activated platelet-derived microvesicles (aPMVs) secretion. In addition, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) exposed to large amounts of aPMVs undergo abnormal energy metabolism; they proliferate excessively and migrate after the loss of endothelium, eventually contributing to neointimal...

...) 5 04 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels Ca 2+ Regulation PKA Vascular smooth muscle cells Cerebral arteries form an integrated vascular network to control the magnitude and distribution of tissue blood flow (Davis...

..., a crucial determinant of cell fate, regulates some of the new features acquired by these cells as it triggers vascular smooth muscle cells to grow and inhibits their death and migration. Here, we evaluate whether and how the Notch pathway regulates the cell transition towards an inflammatory or de...

... muscle (SM) actin, as well as non-muscle (NM) and SM myosin isoforms, in developing rabbit aorta. Immunofluorescence experiments show that in the vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC): (1) vimentin and α-actin of SM-type are homogeneously expressed among SMC, since the early stage (day 19, in uterus...