Although it is known that capillary pericytes function in the regulation of capillary tone and blood flow, the contractile proteins involved in these processes are unidentified. It is likely that α-SMA functions as a part of contractile apparatus in pericytes as it does in smooth muscle cells. Therefore, we examined the expression of α-SMA along the mouse retinal microvascular network together with the expression of Myh11 protein, which we identified as the potential myosin heavy chain isoform candidate based on the single cell transcriptomic data in the literature. We found that α-SMA is expressed by capillary pericytes, but depolymerization must be prevented for its demonstration in downstream segments, in contrast to Myh11, which highly ...
The vascular wall has a remarkable capacity to adapt to mechanical forces exerted by the intralumina...
A number of physiologic processes require the expression of smooth muscle alpha actin (SMαA) to medi...
AbstractThe motor protein myosin binds actin and ATP, producing work by causing relative translation...
Recent evidence suggests that capillary pericytes are contractile and play a crucial role in the reg...
Increasing evidence indicates that pericytes are vulnerable cells, playing pathophysiological roles ...
α-Smooth muscle (α-sm) actin, an isoform typical of smooth muscle cells (SMC) and present in high am...
Pericytes are essential to vascularization, but the purification and characterization of pericytes r...
Objective—The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its specific receptor (uPAR) are a pote...
The goal of this survey was to review briefly the molecular mechanisms that regulate vascular smooth...
Pericytes physically surround the capillary endothelium, contacting and communicating with associate...
Mutations in the filamin A (FlnA) gene are frequently associated with severe arterial abnormalities,...
Smooth muscle cells residing in the blood vessel media are constantly exposed to mechanical forces e...
AbstractBackgroundSingle-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (sc-uPA) is one of the key serin...
Pericytes (PCs) have been reported to contribute to the mechanoregulation of the capillary diameter ...
Pericytes surround capillary endothelial cells and exert contractile forces modulating microvascular...
The vascular wall has a remarkable capacity to adapt to mechanical forces exerted by the intralumina...
A number of physiologic processes require the expression of smooth muscle alpha actin (SMαA) to medi...
AbstractThe motor protein myosin binds actin and ATP, producing work by causing relative translation...
Recent evidence suggests that capillary pericytes are contractile and play a crucial role in the reg...
Increasing evidence indicates that pericytes are vulnerable cells, playing pathophysiological roles ...
α-Smooth muscle (α-sm) actin, an isoform typical of smooth muscle cells (SMC) and present in high am...
Pericytes are essential to vascularization, but the purification and characterization of pericytes r...
Objective—The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its specific receptor (uPAR) are a pote...
The goal of this survey was to review briefly the molecular mechanisms that regulate vascular smooth...
Pericytes physically surround the capillary endothelium, contacting and communicating with associate...
Mutations in the filamin A (FlnA) gene are frequently associated with severe arterial abnormalities,...
Smooth muscle cells residing in the blood vessel media are constantly exposed to mechanical forces e...
AbstractBackgroundSingle-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (sc-uPA) is one of the key serin...
Pericytes (PCs) have been reported to contribute to the mechanoregulation of the capillary diameter ...
Pericytes surround capillary endothelial cells and exert contractile forces modulating microvascular...
The vascular wall has a remarkable capacity to adapt to mechanical forces exerted by the intralumina...
A number of physiologic processes require the expression of smooth muscle alpha actin (SMαA) to medi...
AbstractThe motor protein myosin binds actin and ATP, producing work by causing relative translation...