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SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cells of the smooth muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("smooth muscle cell" is a kind of...):

muscle cell; muscle fiber; muscle fibre (an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body)

Holonyms ("smooth muscle cell" is a part of...):

smooth muscle (muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets)

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 Context examples: 

A neoplasm of the gastro-intestinal tract, originating from smooth muscle cells, for which the malignancy status has not been established.

(Epithelioid Cell Type Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This allele, which encodes endothelin-1 protein, plays a role in the mediation of smooth muscle cell contraction.

(EDN2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the contractile regulation of vasculature and smooth muscle cells.

(BDKRB2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These cytokines stimulate the generation of eotaxin by lung epithelial cells, fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.

(Asthma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This allele, which encodes actin, aortic smooth muscle protein, is involved in smooth muscle cell contraction.

(ACTA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Betacellulin is a member of the EGF family of growth factors; a potent mitogen for retinal pigment epithelia and vascular smooth muscle cells.

(Betacellulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Felodipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium ions into myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cells, causing dilatation of the main coronary and systemic arteries and decreasing myocardial contractility.

(Felodipine, NCI Thesaurus)

Amlodipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium ions into myocardial and peripheral vascular smooth muscle cells, thereby preventing vascular and myocardial contraction.

(Amlodipine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MKL/myocardin-like protein 1, plays a role in the positive regulation of both smooth muscle cell differentiation and transcription.

(MKL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A spindle-shaped cell that exhibits characteristics of both fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.

(Myofibroblast, NCI Thesaurus)