RESULTS Following biliodigestive anastomosis after 21 days of bile duct ligation, rat liver demonstrated a progressive resolution of biliary fibrosis over 42 days, associated with a fivefold decrease ...

When stimulated by the autonomic nervous system to contract from the release of hormones or other chemical signals, smooth muscle cells shorten via the movement of actin and myosin myofilaments. The ...

OsteoImage reagent (Lonza; PA-1503) was used to stain HA according to the manufacturer’s instructions ... GAPDH (QT00079247), Runx2 (QT00020517), α-SMA (α-smooth muscle actin; FW: 5′-TGA CAA TGG CTC ...

Methods: Serum samples were obtained from 33 healthy controls and 33 patients with severe skeletal muscle damage, defined by a total creatine kinase value of >500 IU/l (Rosalki method). Troponin I, ...

We used aortae from male and female C57BL6/J wild‐type (PGRN+/+) and B6(Cg)‐Grntm1.1Aidi/J (PGRN−/−) mice. Our results showed suppression of contractile activity in PGRN−/−, followed by reduced ...

Differentiation of resting dermal fibroblasts into myofibroblasts was assessed by staining for α-smooth muscle actin. The synthesis of collagen was quantified by real-time PCR and Sircol assays.

The coordinated assembly and disassembly of the neuronal actin cytoskeleton defines the range and complexity of morphologies in neurons like dendrite formation, spine development, and synaptic ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...

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Smooth jazz, when the history books are written, will go down as a much-maligned genre. That’s unfortunate, because many of the key practitioners of smooth jazz are supremely gifted ...