Symposium:                Emerging Modes of Ca²⁺ Signaling in the Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contractile Proteins

 

Track:                        Vascular Physiology

Saturday, 10:30 AM—12:30 PM, 30 D/E

Chaired:                       Avril V. Somlyo

 

10:30 AM                    Neurogenic Ca²⁺ signaling in small arteries. W. Gil Wier. Univ. of Maryland.

 

11:00 AM                    Ca²⁺ regulation of smooth muscle Rho and  phosphatase. Yoh Takuwa. Kanazawa Univ.

 

11:30 AM                    Regulation of RhoA-dependent functions by RhoA phosphorylation vascular smooth muscle. Pierre Pacaud. Univ. of Nantes.

 

12:00 PM                     Ca-dependent contractility of smooth muscle in MLCK knockout mouse. Avril Somlyo. Univ. of Virginia Hlth. System.