The vascular smooth muscle cell in arterial pathology: a cell that can take on multiple roles

Elastin Degradation and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype Change Precede Cell Loss and Arterial Medial Calcification in a Uremic Mouse Model of Chronic Kidney Disease

(2011) Ashwini Pai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Implications in Antioxidant Therapy

(2011) Sona Mitra et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES

A Conversation with Elwood Jensen

(2011) David D. Moore   Annual Review of Physiology

Adiponectin Induces Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation via Repression of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 and FoxO4

(2011) Min Ding et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Serum Response Factor Regulates Expression of Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Through a MicroRNA Network in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

(2011) Henrick N. Horita et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 Activates MMP-9 Mediated Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration and Neointima Formation in Mice

(2011) Jason L. Johnson et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis Promotes Vessel Remodeling and Repair via Activation of Cell Migration, Proliferation, and Collagen Synthesis

(2011) Haixiang Yu et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Micromanaging Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and Phenotypic Modulation

(2011) Brandi N. Davis-Dusenbery et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Neointima Formed by Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Expressing Versican Variant V3 Is Resistant to Lipid and Macrophage Accumulation

(2011) Mervyn J. Merrilees et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Role of Jagged1 in Arterial Lesions After Vascular Injury

(2011) Xiaojing Wu et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor

(2011) Veronique Regnault et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

The role of the annexin A2 heterotetramer in vascular fibrinolysis

(2011) P. A. Madureira et al.   BLOOD

Upregulation of Nox4 in the aging vasculature and its association with smooth muscle cell polyploidy

(2011) Donald McCrann et al.   CELL CYCLE

Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Endothelial Regeneration After Vascular Injury and Stenting

(2011) Antonio Curcio et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Early Atheroma-Derived Agonists of Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptor-γ Trigger Intramedial Angiogenesis in a Smooth Muscle Cell–Dependent Manner

(2011) Benoît Ho-Tin-Noé et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Calcium Regulates Key Components of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell–Derived Matrix Vesicles to Enhance Mineralization

(2011) Alexander N. Kapustin et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Intraplaque haemorrhages as the trigger of plaque vulnerability

(2011) J.-B. Michel et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The translational science of Marfan syndrome

(2011) G. Jondeau et al.   HEART

Mechanisms of TGF-β-Induced Differentiation in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

(2011) Yuefeng Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH

Recapitulation of premature ageing with iPSCs from Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome

(2011) Guang-Hui Liu et al.   NATURE

Dynamic molecular processes mediate cellular mechanotransduction

(2011) Brenton D. Hoffman et al.   NATURE

Smooth Muscle miRNAs Are Critical for Post-Natal Regulation of Blood Pressure and Vascular Function

(2011) Sebastian Albinsson et al.   PLoS One

Structure-based development of specific inhibitors for individual cathepsins and their medical applications

(2011) Nobuhiko KATUNUMA   PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interplay Between miR-155, AT1R A1166C Polymorphism, and AT1R Expression in Young Untreated Hypertensives

(2010) G. Ceolotto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Fibronectin upregulates cGMP-dependent protein kinase type Iβ through C/EBP transcription factor activation in contractile cells

(2010) Aranzazu Chamorro-Jorganes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Changes in aortic stiffness related to elastic fiber network anomalies in the Brown Norway rat during maturation and aging

(2010) Mary Osborne-Pellegrin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Mouse Aorta Smooth Muscle Cells Differentiate Into Lymphoid Tissue Organizer-Like Cells on Combined Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-1/Lymphotoxin β-Receptor NF-κB Signaling

(2010) Katharina Lötzer et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

MMP-7 mediates cleavage of N-cadherin and promotes smooth muscle cell apoptosis

(2010) Helen Williams et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Epigenetic control of vascular smooth muscle cells in Marfan and non-Marfan thoracic aortic aneurysms

(2010) Delphine Gomez et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Prelamin A Acts to Accelerate Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence and Is a Novel Biomarker of Human Vascular Aging

(2010) Cassandra D. Ragnauth et al.   CIRCULATION

Short Communication: Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness As a Mechanism for Increased Aortic Stiffness With Aging

(2010) Hongyu Qiu et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Wnt4/β-Catenin Signaling Induces VSMC Proliferation and Is Associated With Intimal Thickening

(2010) Aikaterini Tsaousi et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Proliferation of human primary vascular smooth muscle cells depends on serum response factor

(2010) Daniela Werth et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pathophysiology of vascular calcification: Pivotal role of cellular senescence in vascular smooth muscle cells

(2010) D.G.A. Burton et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Fibrinolytic activity is associated with presence of cystic medial degeneration in aneurysms of the ascending aorta

(2010) Luciano F Borges et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Elevated Mineralocorticoid Receptor Activity in Aged Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Promotes a Proinflammatory Phenotype via Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Dependent Pathways

(2010) Alexander W. Krug et al.   HYPERTENSION

TGF-β activity protects against inflammatory aortic aneurysm progression and complications in angiotensin II–infused mice

(2010) Yu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Vascular smooth muscle cell peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ deletion promotes abdominal aortic aneurysms

(2010) Milton Hamblin et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Phenotypic modulation of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells: a functional analysis focusing on MLC and ERK1/2 phosphorylation

(2010) M. A. Carrillo-Sepúlveda et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

NLRP3 inflammasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals

(2010) Peter Duewell et al.   NATURE

The Rho exchange factor Arhgef1 mediates the effects of angiotensin II on vascular tone and blood pressure

(2010) Christophe Guilluy et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Effect of Cholesterol Crystals on Plaques and Intima in Arteries of Patients With Acute Coronary and Cerebrovascular Syndromes

(2009) George S. Abela et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Angiotensin II, mechanotransduction, and pulsatile arterial hemodynamics in hypertension

(2009) Patrick Lacolley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Lipoprotein Accumulation in Macrophages via Toll-Like Receptor-4–Dependent Fluid Phase Uptake

(2009) Soo-Ho Choi et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Milk Fat Globule Protein Epidermal Growth Factor-8

(2009) Zongming Fu et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Cell sex determines anoikis resistance in vascular smooth muscle cells

(2009) Elisabetta Straface et al.   FEBS LETTERS

MicroRNAs miR-143 and miR-145 modulate cytoskeletal dynamics and responsiveness of smooth muscle cells to injury

(2009) M. Xin et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Lymphotoxin β receptor signaling promotes tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in the aorta adventitia of agedApoE−/−mice

(2009) Rolf Gräbner et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Syndromic and non-syndromic aneurysms of the human ascending aorta share activation of the Smad2 pathway

(2009) Delphine Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Molecular analysis of aortic intimal hyperplasia caused byPorphyromonas gingivalisinfection in mice with endothelial damage

(2009) K. Hokamura et al.   JOURNAL OF PERIODONTAL RESEARCH

Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

(2008) Daniel Schmauss et al.   CIRCULATION

Notch Signaling Regulates Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-β Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

(2008) Shaobo Jin et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Transglutaminase 2 Is Central to Induction of the Arterial Calcification Program by Smooth Muscle Cells

(2008) Kristen A. Johnson et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

AKAP150 Is Required for Stuttering Persistent Ca 2+ Sparklets and Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension

(2008) Manuel F. Navedo et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Chronic Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Accelerates Atherosclerosis and Promotes Calcification and Medial Degeneration

(2008) Murray C.H. Clarke et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Upregulation of S100 calcium-binding protein A9 is required for induction of smooth muscle cell proliferation by a periodontal pathogen

(2008) Hiroaki Inaba et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Tissue diffusion and retention of metalloproteinases in ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections

(2008) Luciano F. Borges et al.   HUMAN PATHOLOGY

Annexin-Mediated Matrix Vesicle Calcification in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

(2008) Neal X Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

Smooth muscle signalling pathways in health and disease

(2008) H. R. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

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(2008) Sandrine Delbosc et al.   MOLECULAR MEDICINE

SRF and myocardin regulate LRP-mediated amyloid-β clearance in brain vascular cells

(2008) Robert D. Bell et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

LDL Receptor-Related Protein 1: Unique Tissue-Specific Functions Revealed by Selective Gene Knockout Studies

(2008) Anna P. Lillis et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A farnesyltransferase inhibitor prevents both the onset and late progression of cardiovascular disease in a progeria mouse model

(2008) B. C. Capell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tensegrity-based mechanosensing from macro to micro

(2008) Donald E. Ingber   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY