The transition of smooth muscle cells from a contractile to a migratory, phagocytic phenotype: direct demonstration of phenotypic modulation

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis

(2016) Martin R. Bennett et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Cholesterol Loading Reprograms the MicroRNA-143/145–Myocardin Axis to Convert Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells to a Dysfunctional Macrophage-Like PhenotypeSignificance

(2015) Yuliya Vengrenyuk et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Origin and differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

(2015) Gang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

KLF4-dependent phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells has a key role in atherosclerotic plaque pathogenesis

(2015) Laura S Shankman et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Contribution of Intimal Smooth Muscle Cells to Cholesterol Accumulation and Macrophage-Like Cells in Human Atherosclerosis

(2014) Sima Allahverdian et al.   CIRCULATION

Transdifferentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Macrophage-Like Cells During Atherogenesis

(2014) Susanne Feil et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Engineering cells with intracellular agent–loaded microparticles to control cell phenotype

(2014) James A Ankrum et al.   Nature Protocols

Local proliferation dominates lesional macrophage accumulation in atherosclerosis

(2013) Clinton S Robbins et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Detection of histone modifications at specific gene loci in single cells in histological sections

(2013) Delphine Gomez et al.   NATURE METHODS

Transgelin Up-Regulation in Obstructive Nephropathy

(2013) Fani Karagianni et al.   PLoS One

Gene expression of muscarinic, tachykinin, and purinergic receptors in porcine bladder: comparison with cultured cells

(2013) Forough Bahadory et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Mitochondrial Motility and Vascular Smooth Muscle Proliferation

(2012) Susan Chalmers et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Smooth Muscle Phenotypic Modulation—A Personal Experience

(2012) Julie H. Campbell et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Smooth muscle protein 22 alpha-Cre is expressed in myeloid cells in mice

(2012) Zhuxia Shen et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Smooth Muscle Cells: To Be or Not To Be?

(2012) Zhenyu Tang et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity

(2012) Anh T. Nguyen et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Microdomains of muscarinic acetylcholine and Ins(1,4,5)P3receptors create ‘Ins(1,4,5)P3junctions’ and sites of Ca2+wave initiation in smooth muscle

(2012) Marnie L. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Wiring through tunneling nanotubes - from electrical signals to organelle transfer

(2012) S. Abounit et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Monocytes-macrophages that express α-smooth muscle actin preserve primitive hematopoietic cells in the bone marrow

(2012) Aya Ludin et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Increased Shedding of Microvesicles from Intimal Smooth Muscle Cells in Athero-Prone Areas of the Human Aorta: Implications for Understanding of the Predisease Stage

(2012) Yuri V. Bobryshev et al.   PATHOBIOLOGY

Differentiation of multipotent vascular stem cells contributes to vascular diseases

(2012) Zhenyu Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Long-distance electrical coupling via tunneling nanotubes

(2011) Xiang Wang et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Active Generation and Propagation of Ca2+ Signals within Tunneling Membrane Nanotubes

(2011) Ian F. Smith et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 Endocytic Trafficking Through Macrophage Bridging Conduits Facilitates Spread of Infection

(2011) Irena Kadiu et al.   Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Macrophage Bridging Conduit Trafficking of HIV-1 Through the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Network

(2011) Irena Kadiu et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Tunneling-nanotube development in astrocytes depends on p53 activation

(2010) Y Wang et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Microparticles

(2010) Sebastian F. Mause et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Microparticles, vascular function and hypertension

(2010) Chantal M Boulanger   CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION

The sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ store arrangement in vascular smooth muscle

(2009) Richard D. Rainbow et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Thrombin Stimulates Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation From Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells via Protease-Activated Receptor-1, RhoA, and Myocardin

(2009) Kenneth Martin et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Prions hijack tunnelling nanotubes for intercellular spread

(2009) Karine Gousset et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Intercellular transfer mediated by tunneling nanotubes

(2008) Hans-Hermann Gerdes et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Substrate-induced phenotypical change of monocytes/macrophages into myofibroblast-like cells: A new insight into the mechanism of in-stent restenosis

(2008) H. J. S. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Membrane nanotubes physically connect T cells over long distances presenting a novel route for HIV-1 transmission

(2008) Stefanie Sowinski et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Membrane nanotubes: dynamic long-distance connections between animal cells

(2008) Daniel M. Davis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY