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Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction Pathway
The vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) is a highly specialized cell whose principal function is contraction. On contraction, VSMCs shorten, thereby decreasing the diameter of a blood vessel to regulate the blood flow and pressure. (NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
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