Integrins play a role in stress relaxation of perivascular adipose tissue

• मुख्य लेखकों: Stephanie W. Watts (लेखक), Janice M. Thompson (लेखक), Sudin Bhattacharya (लेखक), Vishal Panda (लेखक), Leah Terrian (लेखक), Andres Contreras (लेखक), Rance Nault (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...