Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL058690-06
Application #
6688257
Study Section
Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences Study Section (ECS)
Program Officer
Srinivas, Pothur R
Project Start
1998-04-01
Project End
2007-11-30
Budget Start
2003-12-01
Budget End
2004-11-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$291,000
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Texas A&M University
Department
Physiology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
141582986
City
College Station
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77845

  Publications

Sun, Zhe; Li, Zhaohui; Meininger, Gerald A (2012) Mechanotransduction through fibronectin-integrin focal adhesion in microvascular smooth muscle cells: is calcium essential? Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 302:H1965-73
Qiu, Hongyu; Zhu, Yi; Sun, Zhe et al. (2010) Short communication: vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness as a mechanism for increased aortic stiffness with aging. Circ Res 107:615-9
Huang, Shaoxing; Sun, Zhe; Li, Zhaohui et al. (2010) Modulation of microvascular smooth muscle adhesion and mechanotransduction by integrin-linked kinase. Microcirculation 17:113-27
Sun, Zhe; Martinez-Lemus, Luis A; Hill, Michael A et al. (2008) Extracellular matrix-specific focal adhesions in vascular smooth muscle produce mechanically active adhesion sites. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295:C268-78
Chao, Jun-Tzu; Martinez-Lemus, Luis A; Kaufman, Stephen J et al. (2006) Modulation of alpha7-integrin-mediated adhesion and expression by platelet-derived growth factor in vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290:C972-80
Sarin, Vandana; Gaffin, Robert D; Meininger, Gerald A et al. (2005) Arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD)-containing peptides inhibit the force production of mouse papillary muscle bundles via alpha 5 beta 1 integrin. J Physiol 564:603-17
Martinez-Lemus, Luis A; Crow, Tracy; Davis, Michael J et al. (2005) alphavbeta3- and alpha5beta1-integrin blockade inhibits myogenic constriction of skeletal muscle resistance arterioles. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 289:H322-9
Neiger, Jessemy D; Crow, Tracy Y; Partridge, Charles R et al. (2005) Modulation of alpha4 integrin mRNA levels is coupled to deficits in vasomotor function in rat arterioles by allylamine. Life Sci 76:1895-905
Na, S; Sun, Z; Meininger, G A et al. (2004) On atomic force microscopy and the constitutive behavior of living cells. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 3:75-84
Chao, Jun-Tzu; Meininger, Gerald A; Patterson, Jan L et al. (2004) Regulation of alpha7-integrin expression in vascular smooth muscle by injury-induced atherosclerosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287:H381-9

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