[Research Article] Abnormal mechanosensing and cofilin activation promotes the progression of ascending aortic aneurysms in mice

Aortic aneurysms may form when smooth muscle cells cannot respond appropriately to external mechanical forces.

Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - October 20, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Yoshito Yamashiro, Christina L. Papke, Jungsil Kim, Lea-Jeanne Ringuette, Qing-Jun Zhang, Zhi-Ping Liu, Hamid Mirzaei, Jessica E. Wagenseil, Elaine C. Davis, Hiromi Yanagisawa Source Type: news