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 ...

The human body contains three kinds of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth ... causes the cell to shrink. The cell uses ATP to power this contraction. A single myosin filament connects to two actin ...

They never get tired. Smooth muscle cells make up thin sheets of muscle, such as the stomach lining. They can also be arranged in bundles, or rings, like that in the anus. Skeletal muscle is ...

He showed that arterial smooth muscle cells synthesized interstitial collagens ... Russell Ross' contributions, however, went well beyond a single molecule. His studies of the pathogenesis ...

Blood vessels are mainly made up of smooth muscle, which can increase blood ... at work so to speak," says Lehners. Such single-cell analyses could also be further developed for other areas ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MDFibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle ...