Integrins play a role in stress relaxation of perivascular adipose tissue

• Asıl Yazarlar: Stephanie W. Watts (Yazar), Janice M. Thompson (Yazar), Sudin Bhattacharya (Yazar), Vishal Panda (Yazar), Leah Terrian (Yazar), Andres Contreras (Yazar), Rance Nault (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Elsevier, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: 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...