Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: vascular smooth muscle cells http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cell-permeable peptide shows promise for controlling cardiovascular disease Atherosclerosis – sometimes called "hardening of the arteries" – is a leading cause of death and morbidity in Western countries. A cell-permeable peptide containing the NF-kB nuclear localization sequence (NLS) shows promise as a potential agent in controlling the development of atherosclerotic disease. This study is published in the May 2013 issue of The American Journal of Pathology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cell-permeable-peptide-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:22:09 EST news285398523 Disruption of cellular signaling identified in pulmonary arterial hypertension (Medical Xpress)—Impairment of a key signaling cascade in the pulmonary blood vessels plays an important role in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a Yale study has found. The study appears in the advance online publication of Nature Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-disruption-cellular-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension.html Medical research Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:39:21 EST news275845147 Steering stem cells to become two different building blocks for new blood vessels (Medical Xpress)—Growing new blood vessels in the lab is a tough challenge, but a Johns Hopkins engineering team has solved a major stumbling block: how to prod stem cells to become two different types of tissue that are needed to build tiny networks of veins and arteries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stem-cells-blocks-blood-vessels.html Cardiology Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:45:42 EST news275240732 Researchers closer to understanding actions of cells involved in atherosclerosis Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital are one step closer to understanding why plaque bursts in coronary arteries and causes heart attacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-closer-actions-cells-involved-atherosclerosis.html Cardiology Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:43:22 EST news266514197 Cambridge team first to grow smooth muscle cells from patient skin cells A Cambridge University research team has for the first time discovered a method of generating different types of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) - the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels - using cells from patients' skin. This work could lead to new treatments and better screening for cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cambridge-team-smooth-muscle-cells.html Cardiology Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:08:14 EST news246787679