All hollow organs such as blood vessels the gastrointestinal tract airways male and female reproductive systems and the urinary bladder are primarily composed of smooth muscle. Such organs regulate flow propulsion and mixing of luminal contents and storage by the contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle cells respond to numerous inputs including pressure shear stress intrinsic and extrinsic innervation hormones and other circulating molecules as well as autocrine and paracrine factors. This book is a review of smooth muscle cell regulation in the cardiovascular reproductive GI and other organ systems with emphasis on calcium and receptor signaling. Key selling features:Focuses on smooth muscles of different types Describes ion channel signaling mechanisms Reviews calcium and receptor signaling Includes novel cutting-edge methodologies Summarizes studies of mice with genetically encoding sensors in smooth muscle Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a CC-BY 4.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781498774222_oachapter9.pdf |Signal Transduction and Smooth Muscle | Life Science
