Integrins play a role in stress relaxation of perivascular adipose tissue

• Main Authors: Stephanie W. Watts (Author), Janice M. Thompson (Author), Sudin Bhattacharya (Author), Vishal Panda (Author), Leah Terrian (Author), Andres Contreras (Author), Rance Nault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is known for being anti-contractile in healthy tissues. We discovered a new function of PVAT, the ability to stress relax and maintain a tone in response to a stretch. This is of note because stress relaxation has been attributed to smooth muscle, of which PVAT has...