Nitric Oxide Mediates Stretch-Induced Ca2+ Release via Activation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Akt Pathway in Smooth Muscle

• Bin Wei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Wei, Zheng Chen

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Zheng Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bin Wei, Zheng Chen

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Xu Zhang,

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Morris Feldman,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Xian-zhi Dong,

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Robert Doran,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Bao-Lu Zhao,

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Wen-xuan Yin,

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Michael I. Kotlikoff ,

  * E-mail: gj28@ibp.ac.cn (GJ); mik7@cornell.edu (MK)

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Guangju Ji

  * E-mail: gj28@ibp.ac.cn (GJ); mik7@cornell.edu (MK)

  Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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