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Khalil Bitar to Muscle, Smooth

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Khalil Bitar has written about Muscle, Smooth.
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6.583
  1. Zakhem E, Elbahrawy M, Orlando G, Bitar KN. Successful implantation of an engineered tubular neuromuscular tissue composed of human cells and chitosan scaffold. Surgery. 2015 Dec; 158(6):1598-608.
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    Score: 0.422
  2. Rego SL, Raghavan S, Zakhem E, Bitar KN. Enteric neural differentiation in innervated, physiologically functional, smooth muscle constructs is modulated by bone morphogenic protein 2 secreted by sphincteric smooth muscle cells. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2017 04; 11(4):1251-1261.
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    Score: 0.418
  3. Zakhem E, Rego SL, Raghavan S, Bitar KN. The appendix as a viable source of neural progenitor cells to functionally innervate bioengineered gastrointestinal smooth muscle tissues. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2015 Jun; 4(6):548-54.
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    Score: 0.417
  4. Raghavan S, Bitar KN. The influence of extracellular matrix composition on the differentiation of neuronal subtypes in tissue engineered innervated intestinal smooth muscle sheets. Biomaterials. 2014 Aug; 35(26):7429-40.
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    Score: 0.393
  5. Bitar KN, Raghavan S, Zakhem E. Tissue engineering in the gut: developments in neuromusculature. Gastroenterology. 2014 Jun; 146(7):1614-24.
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    Score: 0.388
  6. Zakhem E, Raghavan S, Bitar KN. Neo-innervation of a bioengineered intestinal smooth muscle construct around chitosan scaffold. Biomaterials. 2014 Feb; 35(6):1882-9.
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    Score: 0.380
  7. Zakhem E, Raghavan S, Gilmont RR, Bitar KN. Chitosan-based scaffolds for the support of smooth muscle constructs in intestinal tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 2012 Jun; 33(19):4810-7.
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    Score: 0.338
  8. Raghavan S, Gilmont RR, Miyasaka EA, Somara S, Srinivasan S, Teitelbaum DH, Bitar KN. Successful implantation of bioengineered, intrinsically innervated, human internal anal sphincter. Gastroenterology. 2011 Jul; 141(1):310-9.
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    Score: 0.315
  9. Somara S, Bashllari D, Gilmont RR, Bitar KN. Real-time dynamic movement of caveolin-1 during smooth muscle contraction of human colon and aged rat colon transfected with caveolin-1 cDNA. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2011 Jun; 300(6):G1022-32.
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    Score: 0.314
  10. Raghavan S, Lam MT, Foster LL, Gilmont RR, Somara S, Takayama S, Bitar KN. Bioengineered three-dimensional physiological model of colonic longitudinal smooth muscle in vitro. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2010 Oct; 16(5):999-1009.
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    Score: 0.305
  11. Somara S, Gilmont R, Bitar KN. Role of thin-filament regulatory proteins in relaxation of colonic smooth muscle contraction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Nov; 297(5):G958-66.
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    Score: 0.286
  12. Gilmont RR, Somara S, Bitar KN. VIP induces PKA-mediated rapid and sustained phosphorylation of HSP20. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Oct 31; 375(4):552-6.
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    Score: 0.263
  13. Somara S, Bitar KN. Phosphorylated HSP27 modulates the association of phosphorylated caldesmon with tropomyosin in colonic smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2006 Oct; 291(4):G630-9.
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    Score: 0.224
  14. Patil SB, Bitar KN. RhoA- and PKC-alpha-mediated phosphorylation of MYPT and its association with HSP27 in colonic smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2006 Jan; 290(1):G83-95.
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    Score: 0.215
  15. Bitar KN. Aging and Gi smooth muscle fecal incontinence: Is bioengineering an option. Exp Gerontol. 2005 Aug-Sep; 40(8-9):643-9.
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    Score: 0.213
  16. Bitar KN, Patil SB. Aging and gastrointestinal smooth muscle. Mech Ageing Dev. 2004 Dec; 125(12):907-10.
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    Score: 0.203
  17. Patil SB, Tsunoda Y, Pawar MD, Bitar KN. Translocation and association of ROCK-II with RhoA and HSP27 during contraction of rabbit colon smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Jun 18; 319(1):95-102.
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    Score: 0.197
  18. Bitar KN. Function of gastrointestinal smooth muscle: from signaling to contractile proteins. Am J Med. 2003 Aug 18; 115 Suppl 3A:15S-23S.
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    Score: 0.186
  19. Bitar KN. Aging and neural control of the GI tract: V. Aging and gastrointestinal smooth muscle: from signal transduction to contractile proteins. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2003 Jan; 284(1):G1-7.
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    Score: 0.178
  20. Bitar KN. HSP27 phosphorylation and interaction with actin-myosin in smooth muscle contraction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 May; 282(5):G894-903.
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    Score: 0.170
  21. Bitar KN, Zakhem E. Bioengineering the gut: future prospects of regenerative medicine. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 09; 13(9):543-56.
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    Score: 0.114
  22. Rego SL, Zakhem E, Orlando G, Bitar KN. Bioengineering functional human sphincteric and non-sphincteric gastrointestinal smooth muscle constructs. Methods. 2016 Apr 15; 99:128-34.
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    Score: 0.107
  23. Raghavan S, Miyasaka EA, Hashish M, Somara S, Gilmont RR, Teitelbaum DH, Bitar KN. Successful implantation of physiologically functional bioengineered mouse internal anal sphincter. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 Aug; 299(2):G430-9.
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    Score: 0.075
  24. Deng H, Hershenson MB, Lei J, Bitar KN, Fingar DC, Solway J, Bentley JK. p70 Ribosomal S6 kinase is required for airway smooth muscle cell size enlargement but not increased contractile protein expression. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2010 Jun; 42(6):744-52.
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    Score: 0.070
  25. Somara S, Bitar KN. Direct association of calponin with specific domains of PKC-alpha. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2008 Dec; 295(6):G1246-54.
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    Score: 0.067
  26. Deng H, Dokshin GA, Lei J, Goldsmith AM, Bitar KN, Fingar DC, Hershenson MB, Bentley JK. Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta is sufficient for airway smooth muscle hypertrophy. J Biol Chem. 2008 Apr 11; 283(15):10198-207.
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    Score: 0.063
  27. Somara S, Gilmont RR, Martens JR, Bitar KN. Ectopic expression of caveolin-1 restores physiological contractile response of aged colonic smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007 Jul; 293(1):G240-9.
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    Score: 0.060
  28. Goldsmith AM, Bentley JK, Zhou L, Jia Y, Bitar KN, Fingar DC, Hershenson MB. Transforming growth factor-beta induces airway smooth muscle hypertrophy. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2006 Feb; 34(2):247-54.
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    Score: 0.054
  29. Patil SB, Pawar MD, Bitar KN. Phosphorylated HSP27 essential for acetylcholine-induced association of RhoA with PKCalpha. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2004 Apr; 286(4):G635-44.
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    Score: 0.047
  30. Cao W, Sohn UD, Bitar KN, Behar J, Biancani P, Harnett KM. MAPK mediates PKC-dependent contraction of cat esophageal and lower esophageal sphincter circular smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2003 Jul; 285(1):G86-95.
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    Score: 0.046
  31. Miyasaka EA, Raghavan S, Gilmont RR, Mittal K, Somara S, Bitar KN, Teitelbaum DH. In vivo growth of a bioengineered internal anal sphincter: comparison of growth factors for optimization of growth and survival. Pediatr Surg Int. 2011 Feb; 27(2):137-43.
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    Score: 0.019
  32. Hashish M, Raghavan S, Somara S, Gilmont RR, Miyasaka E, Bitar KN, Teitelbaum DH. Surgical implantation of a bioengineered internal anal sphincter. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jan; 45(1):52-8.
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    Score: 0.018
  33. Bentley JK, Deng H, Linn MJ, Lei J, Dokshin GA, Fingar DC, Bitar KN, Henderson WR, Hershenson MB. Airway smooth muscle hyperplasia and hypertrophy correlate with glycogen synthase kinase-3(beta) phosphorylation in a mouse model of asthma. . 2009 Feb; 296(2):L176-84.
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    Score: 0.017
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