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| Cação-Benedini,L.O.; Ribeiro,P.G.; Prado,C.M.; Chesca,D.L.; Mattiello-Sverzut,A.C.. |
| Extracellular matrix and costamere proteins transmit the concentric, isometric, and eccentric forces produced by active muscle contraction. The expression of these proteins after application of passive tension stimuli to muscle remains unknown. This study investigated the expression of laminin and dystrophin in the soleus muscle of rats immobilized with the right ankle in plantar flexion for 10 days and subsequent remobilization, either by isolated free movement in a cage or associated with passive stretching for up to 10 days. The intensity of the macrophage response was also evaluated. One hundred and twenty-eight female Wistar rats were divided into 8 groups: free for 10 days; immobilized for 10 days; immobilized/free for 1, 3, or 10 days; or... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Immobilization; Muscle stretching; Soleus muscle; Laminin; Dystrophin; Mechanotransduction. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014000600483 |
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| Garcia,C.S.N.B.; Prota,L.F.M.; Morales,M.M.; Romero,P.V.; Zin,W.A.; Rocco,P.R.M.. |
| Physical forces affect both the function and phenotype of cells in the lung. Bronchial, alveolar, and other parenchymal cells, as well as fibroblasts and macrophages, are normally subjected to a variety of passive and active mechanical forces associated with lung inflation and vascular perfusion as a result of the dynamic nature of lung function. These forces include changes in stress (force per unit area) or strain (any forced change in length in relation to the initial length) and shear stress (the stress component parallel to a given surface). The responses of cells to mechanical forces are the result of the cell's ability to sense and transduce these stimuli into intracellular signaling pathways able to communicate the information to its interior. This... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mechanical forces; Mechanosensors; Mechanotransduction; Cell-cell interactions; Cytokines; Extracellular matrix. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000600001 |
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