STIMulating blood pressure

Elife. 2022 Mar 24:11:e77978. doi: 10.7554/eLife.77978.

Abstract

The protein STIM1 helps to maintain membrane coupling sites in smooth muscle cells that regulate arterial contractility and blood pressure.

Keywords: STIM1; Stromal Interaction Molecules; blood pressure; molecular biophysics; mouse; peripheral coupling sites; smooth muscle; store-operated calcium entry; structural biology.

Publication types

  • Kommentar

MeSH terms

  • Blood Pressure
  • Calcium Signaling* / physiology
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular* / metabolism
  • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / metabolism
  • Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 / metabolism

Substances

  • Stromal Interaction Molecule 1