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Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody Test: An Important Test for Autoimmune Hepatitis

ASMAs were first discovered in 1965 in people with chronic active hepatitis. Usually, your immune system will attack foreign bodies like a parasite or a virus with the antibodies made for defending ...
JSTOR Daily

Wild-type LRP6 inhibits, whereas atherosclerosis-linked LRP6 R611C increases PDGF-dependent vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is an important event in atherosclerosis and other vasculopathies. PDGF signaling is a key mediator of SMC proliferation, but the mechanisms that ...
BioWorld

SLC44A2 controls vascular smooth muscle cells and is key for controlling aortic aneurysm

SLC44A2 controls vascular smooth muscle cells and is key for controlling aortic aneurysm Aug. 28, 2024 ...
BioWorld

Targeting SMILR using siRNA blocks vascular smooth muscle proliferation to prevent CABG failure

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remains the gold standard treatment for patients with severe atherosclerosis, but the long-term failure of the grafted veins is a persistent challenge.
News Medical

Lack of strength in smooth muscle cells leads to malformations of the blood vessels, study shows

The heart pumps blood through the vascular system, supplying cells with oxygen and energy Smooth muscle cells in the vessels finely regulate the blood flow. If they cannot perform their task, ...
Science Daily

Rare smooth muscle disorder traced to a single mutation in a non-coding gene

Using whole genome sequencing, researchers identified a single variant in a microRNA gene, MIR145-5p, as the source of multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome, which had gone undiagnosed in a ...