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Myocytes, Smooth Muscle

Known as: Smooth muscle tissue cell, Myocyte, Smooth Muscle, Smooth Muscle Myocytes 
Non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cells found lining the digestive tract, uterus, and blood vessels. They are derived from specialized… 
National Institutes of Health

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Anal LeiomyosarcomaBenign Smooth Muscle NeoplasmBreast LeiomyomaCardiac Leiomyosarcoma

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Circular muscle layer of small intestineIntestinal VillusSmooth muscle bundle

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Enhancement of sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced migration of vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells by an EDG-5 antagonist.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Vascular wound healing and neointima formation induced by perivascular electric injury in mice.
Vascular interventions for atherothrombotic disease frequently induce neointima formation, which can contribute to restenosis of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mechanisms for the mechanical response of airway smooth muscle to length oscillation.
Airway smooth muscle tone in vitro is profoundly affected by oscillations in muscle length, suggesting that the effects of lung… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Tumor necrosis factor gene expression in human vascular intimal smooth muscle cells detected by in situ hybridization.
We used immunohistochemistry to detect tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and in situ hybridization to detect TNF messenger RNA (mRNA… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Free‐calcium and force transients during depolarization and pharmacomechanical coupling in guinea‐pig smooth muscle.
1. Fura2 was loaded by permeation and hydrolysis of the acetoxymethyl ester into smooth muscle cells of intact thin sheets of the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Beta-type transforming growth factor specifies organizational behavior in vascular smooth muscle cell cultures
In culture, vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) grow in a "hill-and- valley" (multilayered) pattern of organization. We have… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Chordate muscle actins differ distinctly from invertebrate muscle actins. The evolution of the different vertebrate muscle actins.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Distribution of plasma proteins across the human aortic wall--barrier functions of endothelium and internal elastic lamina.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Mechanism of β- adrenergic relaxation of smooth muscle
The mechanism of β-adrenergic relaxation was investigated in isolated smooth muscle cells. β-adrenergic agents stimulate cyclic… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Electrical Transmission at the Nexus between Smooth Muscle Cells
The hypothesis that nexuses between cells are responsible for the core conductor properties of tissues was tested using smooth… 
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