University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how certain cells have the amazing ability to transform their function ... OTUB1 in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs ...

each perfectly adapted to its function: Cardiac (heart) muscle cells contract and relax to pump blood around our bodies for our entire lives. They never get tired. Smooth muscle cells make up thin ...

These complex steps indicate highly specialized functions of the DA vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), endothelial cells, and fibroblasts. Herein, we describe a new reproducible method for ...

Study: Spaceflight effects on human vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype and function. Image Credit: Cinefootage Visuals / Shutterstock.com Astronauts traveling in spaceflight are exposed to a ...

Are you damaging your heart by eating food that comes in plastic packaging? According to Italian researchers, you very well ...

Normally, smooth muscle cells help control blood pressure by contracting ... effects of common blood pressure medications on ...