Vascular smooth muscle cells

Author: Wen Jinkun Han Mei Han Mei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book focuses on introducing the phenotypic remodeling and regulatory mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle cells under physiological and pathological conditions, the structure and function of contractile proteins in vascular smooth muscle cells, the signal transduction pathways regulating the function of vascular smooth muscle cells, the interaction between vascular smooth muscle cells and the extracellular matrix and its relationship with vascular remodeling, the vasodilator-vasoconstrictor peptide network and its regulation of smooth muscle cell tension, the NO-mediated relaxation mechanism of vascular smooth muscle cells, the apoptosis mechanism of vascular smooth muscle cells, vascular development and angiogenesis, the cardiovascular effects of traditional Chinese medicine that invigorate qi, activate blood, and resolve stasis, and conventional techniques for studying the structure and function of vascular smooth muscle cells.