Role of the Small Heat Shock Proteins in Regulating Vascular Smooth Muscle Tone

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10103719	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	2005	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Human saphenous vein contained significantly higher levels of HSP27 and pHSP27. Increased levels of phosphorylated HSP27 might contribute to vasospasm in human saphenous vein.

Keywords

Hsp Pig coronary artery PKG pKa HSV PAGE IEF TBS SDS VSM PCA polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Tris buffered saline isoelectric focusing sodium dodecyl sulfate Vascular smooth muscle sodium nitroprusside Human saphenous vein Heat shock protein cAMP-dependent protein kinase cGMP-dependent protein kinase SNP