title: Pregnancy-induced elevation in aortic vascular smooth muscle actin in the Sprague-Dawley rat.
abstract: A component of hemodynamic responses during pregnancy may include structural changes in the arterial tree. Smooth muscle alpha-actin is a major structural-contractile protein of muscle cells. We observed a marked increase. In expression of actin during pregnancy in the rat aorta, suggesting a structural alteration of conduit arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Davidge
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Close
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lessard
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000199:Actins