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Khalil Bitar to Muscle Contraction

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Khalil Bitar has written about Muscle Contraction.
Connection Strength

2.670
  1. 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: 0.313
  2. Somara S, Gilmont RR, Dennis RG, Bitar KN. Bioengineered internal anal sphincter derived from isolated human internal anal sphincter smooth muscle cells. Gastroenterology. 2009 Jul; 137(1):53-61.
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    Score: 0.274
  3. 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
  4. 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: 0.239
  5. 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
  6. Somara S, Bitar KN. Tropomyosin interacts with phosphorylated HSP27 in agonist-induced contraction of smooth muscle. . 2004 Jun; 286(6):C1290-301.
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    Score: 0.192
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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: 0.104
  11. 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: 0.098
  12. 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: 0.079
  13. Somara S, Gilmont RR, Varadarajan S, Bitar KN. Phosphorylated HSP20 modulates the association of thin-filament binding proteins: caldesmon with tropomyosin in colonic smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 Nov; 299(5):G1164-76.
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    Score: 0.076
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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: 0.053
  17. Hecker L, Baar K, Dennis RG, Bitar KN. Development of a three-dimensional physiological model of the internal anal sphincter bioengineered in vitro from isolated smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2005 Aug; 289(2):G188-96.
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    Score: 0.052
  18. Somara S, Pang H, Bitar KN. Agonist-induced association of tropomyosin with protein kinase Calpha in colonic smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2005 Feb; 288(2):G268-76.
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    Score: 0.050
  19. 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
  20. 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: 0.018
  21. 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: 0.012
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