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Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle.
The intermediate filament (IF) network is one of the three cytoskeletal systems in smooth muscle. The type III IF proteins vimentin and desmin are major constituents of the network in smooth muscle cells and tissues. Lack of vimentin or desmin impairs contractile ability of various smooth muscle preparations, implying their important role for smooth muscle force development. The IF framework ha...
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Tang DD. Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C869–C878, 2008. First published February 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00154.2007.— The intermediate filament (IF) network is one of the three cytoskeletal systems in smooth muscle. The type III IF proteins vimentin and desmin are major constituents of the network in smooth muscle cells and tissues. Lack of vimenti...
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Antisera to the intermediate filaments vimentin and desmin react with fixed paraffin embedded tissue. Benign uterine myomas contain both classes of filaments. Gastrointestinal "smooth muscle tumours" however often lack desmin even when they appear histologically benign. In the sarcomas examined vimentin was the only class of intermediate filament present. The diagnostic and histogenetic implica...
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The distribution of filaments was studied in hypertrophied rabbit vascular smooth muscle. Hypertrophy was induced by partial ligation of the portal-anterior mesenteric vein. 14 d after ligation, there was an approximately threefold increase in the number of intermediate filaments per cross-sectional area, as compared to control values. The actin:intermediate:myosin filament ratio was 15:1.1:1 i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0363-6143,1522-1563
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00154.2007