Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the stromal cells of the vascular wall, continually
exposed to mechanical signals and biochemical components generated in the blood …

Arterial aging engages a plethora of key signalling pathways that act in concert to induce
vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic changes leading to vascular degeneration …

The TGF-β signaling pathway plays a crucial role in several key aspects of development and
tissue homeostasis. TGF-β ligands and their mediators have been shown to be important …

Preeclampsia remains till today a leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and
mortality. Pathophysiology of the disease is not yet fully elucidated, though it is evident that it …

Myocardin (MYOCD) is a potent transcriptional coactivator that functions primarily in cardiac
muscle and smooth muscle through direct contacts with serum response factor (SRF) over …

Background: Activation of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) inflammation is vital to
initiate vascular disease. The role of human-specific long noncoding RNAs in VSMC …

Recent studies reported some long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)–mediated vascular smooth
muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypic switch, which was a common pathophysiological process …

Objective—Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) represent a growing class of noncoding genes
with diverse cellular functions. We previously reported on SENCR, an lncRNA that seems to …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are involved in all stages of the progression of
human atherosclerosis (AS). MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are non‑coding, small RNAs that …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease
(CVD) and atherosclerosis through a mechanism that involves vascular smooth muscle cell …