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Connective tissue generates mechanical tension during contraction of the vascular wall

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It is shown that the contractions of isolated aorta strips, induced by phorbol ester (phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate), a synthetic diacylglycerol mimetic, are not attended by changes in the rigidity of the strips.

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  1. National Biophysics Center, Department of Biophysics, T. Shevchenko University, Kiev

    A. N. Shapovalov, I. V. Shapovalova, M. F. Shuba, V. A. Uzhvan & V. P. Strizhak

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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 117, No 3, pp. 252–254, March, 1994

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Shapovalov, A.N., Shapovalova, I.V., Shuba, M.F. et al. Connective tissue generates mechanical tension during contraction of the vascular wall. Bull Exp Biol Med 117, 253–255 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02444154

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