Article
Vitronectin regulates smooth muscle contractility via alphav and beta1 integrin.
Journal of cell science - 1 May 1998
Dahm L M, Bowers C W
Abstract excerpt
Previous work from this laboratory has established a method for maintaining physiological contractility of dissociated avian smooth muscle in a defined medium at low density. The present report emphasizes the dramatic potency of serum to alter smooth muscle phenotype and induce a loss of contract...
Topics
- Amnion
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Calcium
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chick Embryo
- Fibroblasts
- Integrin alphaV
- Integrin beta1
- Ion Transport
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Smooth
- Oligopeptides
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Vitronectin
- Vitronectin