2001
Cyclic strain activates the pro-survival Akt protein kinase in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells
Chen A, Gortler D, Kilaru S, Araim O, Frangos S, Sumpio B. Cyclic strain activates the pro-survival Akt protein kinase in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. Surgery 2001, 130: 378-381. PMID: 11490374, DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.116668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsSmooth muscle cellsProtein kinaseSerine/threonine protein kinaseThreonine protein kinasePro-survival functionAkt protein kinasePro-survival Akt kinaseMuscle cellsPhosphorylation of AktPlatelet-derived growth factorInhibition of apoptosisAkt kinasePrevalence of apoptosisArterial endothelial cellsWestern blot analysisCell survivalAkt phosphorylationKinaseBlot analysisApoptosisCyclic strainPhosphorylationArterial SMC proliferation
2000
Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in pulmonary endothelial cells exposed to cyclic strain
Kito H, Chen E, Wang X, Ikeda M, Azuma N, Nakajima N, Gahtan V, Sumpio B. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in pulmonary endothelial cells exposed to cyclic strain. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2000, 89: 2391-2400. PMID: 11090594, DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.6.2391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCattleCell MovementCells, CulturedEndothelium, VascularEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsFlavonoidsImidazolesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticPulmonary ArteryPyridinesResponse ElementsStress, MechanicalTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTranscription Factor AP-1ConceptsPD 98059Activator protein-1SB 203580Protein kinaseBovine pulmonary arterial endothelial cellsPulmonary arterial endothelial cellsArterial endothelial cellsMAPK kinase kinase-1Mitogen-activated protein kinase activationMitogen-activated protein kinaseExtracellular signal-regulated kinaseTerminal protein kinaseKinase kinase 1AP-1/Cell alignmentERK kinase inhibitorProtein kinase activationSignal-regulated kinaseEndothelial cellsTranscriptional activationInactive mutantActivated MAPKsKinase activationKinase 1Transient transfection