作者: Ye Chun Ruan , Wenliang Zhou , Hsiao Chang Chan
DOI: 10.1152/PHYSIOL.00036.2010
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摘要: As an analog to the endothelium situated next vascular smooth muscle, epithelium is emerging as important regulator of muscle contraction in many vital organs/tissues by interacting with other cell types and releasing epithelium-derived factors, among which prostaglandins have been demonstrated play a versatile role governing essential physiological pathophysiological processes wide range organ systems.