This overview provides an update on the present understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms of how endothelial and smooth muscle cells interact with each other to form blood vessels ...

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The winning image, entitled A Sea of Cells (above), is a close-up of smooth muscle cells that line the blood vessels in mice, with the colours highlighting different proteins. The researcher ...

Their discovery, published in Circulation Research, shows how with minor surgical trauma caused by procedures such as angiography, stenting, arterial lines and minor surgery, vessels heal by the rapid ...

Real-time observation of certain biochemical processes in blood vessels from mice has revealed a previously unknown ...

Scientists have discovered that rhythmic oscillations of a specific neurotransmitter play a vital role in clearing toxic ...

"These smooth muscle cells were set up in culture to continue ... of being populated by patient cells, creating a living blood vessel. This characteristic helps explain their resistance to ...

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Symvess is a sterile, acellular tissue-engineered vessel composed of extracellular matrix proteins usually found in human blood vessels and is manufactured using human vascular smooth muscle cells ...