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 ...

In a recent study published in NPJ Microgravity, scientists explore the impact of spaceflight on human vascular smooth muscle cells at the transcriptomic level. Study: Spaceflight effects on human ...

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.

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 ...