Background—Partial obstruction of the ileum causes a notable hypertrophy of smooth
muscle cells and enteric neurones in the proximally located intestine. Aims—To study the …

Mice with a null mutation introduced in the desmin gene were used to study the mechanical
role of intermediate filaments in smooth muscle cells. Vas deferens (VD), urinary bladder …

Mechanical properties and isoform composition of myosin heavy and light chains were
studied in hypertrophying rat urinary bladders. Growth of the bladder was induced by partial …

Expression of the non-muscle myosin heavy chain-B (NM-MHC-B, also denoted as the
embryonic smooth muscle myosin heavy chain, SMemb) was examined in rat urinary …

Purpose: To investigate the development of intimal hyperplasia in response to percutaneous
transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) followed by local delivery of the nitric oxide (NO) …

Tattoo pigment in sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients is a clinical challenge. A 77‐
year‐old man presented with a pink nodular lesion of the right upper arm. Biopsy revealed a …

Tension responses induced by the purinoceptor agonists ATP and the stable ATP analogue
α, β-methylene ATP were investigated in isolated muscle strips from normal and …

PURPOSE: Responses to bradykinin were investigated in vitro in isolated control and
hypertrophic smooth muscle strips from rat bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bladder …

The influence of old age on mechanical properties of the urinary bladder was investigated
using smooth muscle strips from urinary bladders of control (14–16 weeks) and old-age (104 …

The aim of the present study was to determine to what extent adult rats can produce new
contracting bladder muscle and to see if such newly formed bladder tissue possesses …