Alpha smooth muscle actin
EMPHASIZING MYOFIBROBLASTS THROUGH ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN IN ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
... of Alpha smooth muscle actin by immunohistochemistry in oral squamous cell carcinoma ...using alpha smooth muscle actin as a biomarker with histological grading ...
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Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin Expression in a Case of Ameloblastic Carcinoma: a Case Report
... A wide range of epithelial-associated factors are implicated in the relative aggressive biological behaviour of the odontogenic epithelium while only a few studies have investigated non-epithelial factors [3]. Tissue ...
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Loss of alpha-smooth muscle actin expression associated with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a young Miniature Bull Terrier
... Case presentation: A 1-year-old male Miniature Bull Terrier dog was presented with a history of chronic weight loss, regurgitation, lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea. The dog was submitted for exploratory laparotomy. A ...
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Expression of smooth muscle cell phenotype by rat mesangial cells in immune complex nephritis Alpha smooth muscle actin is a marker of mesangial cell proliferation
... for alpha-smooth muscle actin in a mesangial pattern, correlating with the onset of proliferation, and persisting until day ...the actin-positive cells were mesangial cells, and double ...
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Tenascin-C and alpha-smooth muscle actin positive cells are increased in the large airways in patients with COPD
... a-smooth muscle positive cells (a-SMA), which were obviously myofibroblasts, were shown to pro- duce most of the Tn-C mRNA ...a alpha-SMA, fibronectin and vimentin ...a alpha-SMA is the most ...
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Quercetin inhibits transforming growth factor β1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition in human retinal pigment epithelial cells via the Smad pathway
... -alpha-smooth muscle actin (- α -sma), -E-cadherin, -N- cadherin, -Smad2/3, -MMP-9, and -GAPDH antibodies (1:1,000, #8193, #19245, #3195, #13116, #3102, #8828, #2270, #5174, respectively, Cell ...
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Tumor associated stromal cells as key contributors to the tumor microenvironment
... Alpha-SMA, alpha-smooth muscle actin; CAA, cancer-associated adipocyte; CAEC, cancer-associated endothelial cell; CASC, cancer-associated stromal cell; CAF, cancer-associated ...
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Macitentan inhibits the transforming growth factor β profibrotic action, blocking the signaling mediated by the ETR/TβRI complex in systemic sclerosis dermal fibroblasts
... -SMA: Alpha smooth muscle actin; Col1A1: collagen 1 alpha 1; DMEM: Dulbecco ’ s modified Eagle ’ s medium; EC: Endothelial cell; ECM: Extracellular matrix; ET-1: Endothelin-1; ETAR: ...
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Characterising epithelial to mesenchymal transition and pro fibrotic processes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Abbreviations Alpha-1 antitrypsin AAT Alveolar epithelial cell AEC Alpha smooth muscle actin αSMA/ASMA Alveolar macrophages AMØ Analysis of variance ANOVA CD45 lymphocyte common antigen [r] ...
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Myofibroblast expression in airways and alveoli is affected by smoking and COPD
... The elevated expression of ECM proteins has been shown to be associated to increased number of myofibroblasts, which are alpha-smooth muscle actin ( α -SMA) positive, spindle-shaped ...
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3D Imaging and Quantitative Analysis of Vascular Networks: A Comparison of Ultramicroscopy and Micro-Computed Tomography
... aSMA: alpha smooth muscle actin; BABB: benzyl alcohol: benzyl benzoate; Bf: bifurcation; CT: computed tomography; EBM: endothelial basal medium; ECi: ethyl cinnamate; H/E: hematoxylin and ...
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Hypoxia as a barrier to immunotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
... human leukocyte antigen G; PD-L1: programmed death ligand 1; MDSCs: myeloid derived suppressor cells; PSCs: pancreatic stellate cells; aSMA: alpha smooth muscle actin; PanIN: pancreati[r] ...
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Expression of Semaphorin 4A and its potential role in rheumatoid arthritis
... -SMA: alpha-smooth muscle actin; anti-CCP: anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide; bp: base pairs; ChIP: chromatin immunoprecipitation assay; CRP: C-reactive protein; DAS: disease activity score; ...
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Case Report Cryptogenic organising pneumonia: clinical, pathological, and prognostic analysis of 27 cases
... of alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) (Novocastra, England), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) (No- vocastra, England), fibrin (FB) (Novocastra, Eng- land), and Krebs von den Lungen-6 ...
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Scleroderma pathogenesis: a pivotal role for fibroblasts as effector cells
... common cell found in the connective tissues are spindle- shaped cells termed ‘fi broblasts’. Th ese cells, which express vimentin but not desmin or alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), are found ...
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Human Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells as a Source of Smooth Muscle Cells in the Regeneration of Muscular Layer of Urinary Bladder Wall
... The primary antibody was diluted to the recommended concentration in 1% normal serum in PBS. The concentration was 1/100 for alpha smooth muscle actin (ASMA) and myosin heavy chain (MHC), and ...
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Fibroblast viability and phenotypic changes within glycated stiffened three-dimensional collagen matrices
... Fig. 5 Post-glycated matrices induce a contractile phenotype. Primary human normal lung fibroblasts cultured within three-dimensional glycated DMEM matrices with 10 % of serum were analyzed to determine the level of ...
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Morphological assessment of enteric neuromuscular disease causing intestinal pseudo-obstruction
... identify alpha and gamma muscle isoactins, are unknown but HHF35 appears less specific than CGA7 in that it recognises actins of skeletal and cardiac muscle, as well as smooth muscle ...
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Role of the mTOR pathway in minor salivary gland changes in Sjogren’s syndrome and systemic sclerosis
... -SMA: Alpha smooth muscle actin; ACR: American College of Rheumatology; AECG: American-European Consensus Group; Akt: Protein kinase B; AMP: Adenosine monophosphate; AMPK: Adenosine ...
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Specialized mouse embryonic stem cells for studying vascular development
... and smooth muscle cell from a common progenitor is not ...and smooth muscle devel- opment in ...for alpha-smooth muscle actin ...and smooth muscle ...
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