Vascular mechanotransduction

MJ Davis, S Earley, YS Li, S Chien - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
This review aims to survey the current state of mechanotransduction in vascular smooth
muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), including their sensing of mechanical …

TRPV4: molecular conductor of a diverse orchestra

JPM White, M Cibelli, L Urban, B Nilius… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) is a calcium-permeable nonselective
cation channel, originally described in 2000 by research teams led by Schultz (Nat Cell Biol …

Transient receptor potential channels in the vasculature

S Earley, JE Brayden - Physiological reviews, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The mammalian genome encodes 28 distinct members of the transient receptor potential
(TRP) superfamily of cation channels, which exhibit varying degrees of selectivity for …

Vasodilators activate the anion channel TMEM16A in endothelial cells to reduce blood pressure

A Mata-Daboin, TAC Garrud, C Fernandez-Pena… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Systemic blood pressure is acutely controlled by total peripheral resistance as determined
by the diameter of small arteries and arterioles, the contractility of which is regulated by …

Animal models in cardiovascular research: hypertension and atherosclerosis

XF Leong, CY Ng, K Jaarin - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hypertension and atherosclerosis are among the most common causes of mortality in both
developed and developing countries. Experimental animal models of hypertension and …

Endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH) in hypertension: the role of endothelial ion channels

K Goto, T Ohtsubo, T Kitazono - International Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Upon stimulation with agonists and shear stress, the vascular endothelium of different
vessels selectively releases several vasodilator factors such as nitric oxide and prostacyclin …

Endogenous miR-204 protects the kidney against chronic injury in hypertension and diabetes

Y Cheng, D Wang, F Wang, J Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background Aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression affects biologic processes and
downstream genes that are crucial to CKD initiation or progression. The miRNA miR-204-5p …

[HTML][HTML] Transient receptor potential channels and endothelial cell calcium signaling

P Thakore, S Earley - Comprehensive Physiology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The vascular endothelium is a broadly distributed and highly specialized organ. The
endothelium has a number of functions including the control of blood vessels diameter …

Structural determinants of 5′, 6′-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid binding to and activation of TRPV4 channel

A Berna-Erro, M Izquierdo-Serra, RV Sepúlveda… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
TRPV4 cation channel activation by cytochrome P450-mediated derivatives of arachidonic
acid (AA), epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), constitute a major mechanisms of endothelium …

Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) activation by arachidonic acid requires protein kinase A–mediated phosphorylation

S Cao, A Anishkin, NS Zinkevich, Y Nishijima… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is a Ca 2+-permeable channel of the
transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily activated by diverse stimuli, including warm …