#SmoothMuscleCell #Aging Mechanobiology
24- vs 4-mo rat SkM feed artery
Aged SMC
👉RNAseq ⏬Contractile gene #FocalAdhesion
👉Faster kinetics⏫αSMA filament ⏫vinculin cluster to #CyclicStretch
👉Pressure Inert on 4 kPa matrix; Sensitive on 100 kPa
#FrontPhysiol 2025
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