RUDN University scientists have discovered that in weightlessness, the contractile activity of smooth muscles in the hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract is disrupted. New data must be taken ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility depends on smooth muscle contractions to propel contents through the digestive tract. GI muscle is organized into two perpendicular layers: the inner circular smooth ...

Vaginal wall smooth muscle underpins pelvic support. In pelvic organ prolapse, smooth muscle cells are depleted and shift from a contractile phenotype to remodelling programmes, paralleling ...