The contraction of smooth muscle is an essential process underpinning diverse physiological functions ranging from gastrointestinal motility to vascular regulation. At its core, smooth muscle ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered an unknown way obesity causes high blood pressure – and it comes from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Peristalsis enables transport of the food bolus in the gut. Here, I show by dynamic ex vivo intra-cellular calcium imaging on living embryonic ...

IT is well established that an increase in the intracellular concentration of ionized calcium after excitation in the membrane is the key factor for initiation of contraction of various types of ...

Their death, along with “calls for help” by the remaining macrophage/foam cells, causes the smooth muscle cells of the media to migrate and cover over the area forming a fibrous cap against further ...

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role of calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) through the ryanodine receptor ...

ATS 2010, NEW ORLEANS— Female sex hormones may work with beta-agonists in reducing airway constriction, according to new bench research from the Mayo Clinic. The findings will be presented at the ATS ...

Researchers engineered mice with a mutation (E3896A) in the RyR1 calcium-binding site, eliminating calcium-induced calcium release (CICR) without affecting depolarization-induced calcium release. The ...

Calcium is an essential nutrient needed by all living creatures, including humans. Vitamin D is a prohormone that helps the body absorb calcium, which is essential for bone health. Bones and teeth ...