SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smooth muscle cell mean? 

• SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL (noun)
  The noun SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL has 1 sense:

1. cells of the smooth muscles

  Familiarity information: SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cells of the smooth muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("smooth muscle cell" is a kind of...):

muscle cell; muscle fiber; muscle fibre (an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body)

Holonyms ("smooth muscle cell" is a part of...):

smooth muscle (muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets)

 Context examples 

This gene, which encodes transcription factor GATA-5 protein, plays a role in the transcriptional regulation of intestinal lactase-phlorizin hydrolase activity and in cardiac smooth muscle cell function.

(GATA5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in smooth muscle cell differentiation, cellular growth, cell cycle regulation and tumor suppression.

(FOXO4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

While hepatocytes and smooth muscle cells have collagen receptors, most other cells depend on fibronectin for binding to collagen and thus adhesion of cells to extracellular substrata and matrices.

(Fibronectin, NCI Thesaurus)

FAT mRNA is present in many epithelia and in some endothelial and smooth muscle cells.

(FAT Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign or malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from cells that resemble the modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body.

(Glomus Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign tumor composed of mature adipocytes and smooth muscle cells.

(Myolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes neuromedin-U protein, plays a role in modulation of smooth muscle cell contraction in the gastrointestinal tract.

(NMU wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Nimodipine inhibits the transmembrane influx of calcium ions in response to depolarization in smooth muscle cells, thereby inhibiting vascular smooth muscle contraction and inducing vasodilatation.

(Nimodipine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes protein NDRG4, plays a role in both vascular smooth muscle cell growth and neuronal survival.

(NDRG4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in vascular smooth muscle cell mitogenesis, spatial learning and neuronal survival.

(NDRG4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)