A recent study investigates the role of the deubiquitinase OTUB1 in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) within the context of atherosclerosis, a disease characterized by lipid accumulation and ...

Cardiac muscle cells contract and relax to pump blood around our bodies. Smooth muscle cells make up thin sheets of muscle, such as the stomach lining. Skeletal muscle is joined to bones.

Researchers have made strides creating strong, long-lasting imitation muscle as science fiction slowly evolves into fact.

which is formed in the smooth muscle cells of the blood vessels," explains Dr. Moritz Lehners from the University of Tübingen, the first author of the study. cGMP is found in many human organs ...

In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs ...

Study: Vitamin D receptor and its antiproliferative effect in human pulmonary arterial hypertension ... D receptor in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells collected from patients with pulmonary ...