ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2010
RhoA/Rho-kinase and vascular diseases: what is the link?
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- Coronary artery spasm: mechanisms, risk factors, and translational strategies for precision management.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Protein kinase ROCK1 activates mitochondrial fission linking to oxidative stress and muscle atrophy.Kidney international · 2025Article
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- Calcium Signaling Dynamics in Vascular Cells and Their Dysregulation in Vascular Disease.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Microvascular endothelial dysfunction in vascular senescence and disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Ras, RhoA, and vascular pharmacology in neurodevelopment and aging.Neurochemistry international · 2024Review
- A Novel Single-Color FRET Sensor for Rho-Kinase Reveals Calcium-Dependent Activation of RhoA and ROCK.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Oligomeric Tau-induced oxidative damage and functional alterations in cerebral endothelial cells: Role of RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway.Free radical biology & medicine · 2024Article
- ROCK1 inhibition improves wound healing in diabetes via RIPK4/AMPK pathway.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2024Article
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- Pharmacotherapy in SAH: Clinical Trial Lessons.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2024Review
- Suppressed vascular Rho-kinase activation is a protective cardiovascular mechanism in obese female mice.Bioscience reports · 2023Article
- Interaction of Angiotensin II AT1 Receptors with Purinergic P2X Receptors in Regulating Renal Afferent Arterioles in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Automated assembly of molecular mechanisms at scale from text mining and curated databases.Molecular systems biology · 2023Article
- RhoA/ROCK-1 Signaling Pathway and Oxidative Stress in Coronary Artery Disease Patients.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2022Article
- A ROCK1 Inhibitior Fasudil Alleviates Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission in a Type 2 Diabetes Mouse Model.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Topical Analgesic Containing Methyl Salicylate and L-Menthol Accelerates Heat Loss During Skin Cooling for Exercise-Induced Hyperthermia.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway plays an important role in many pathological conditions. RhoA participates in the regulation of smooth muscle tone and activates many downstream kinases. The best characterized are the serine/threonine kinase isoforms (Rho-kinase or ROCK), ROCKα/ROCK2 and ROCKβ/ROCK1. ROCK is necessary for diverse functions such as local blood flow, arterial/pulmonary blood pressure, airway resistance and intestinal peristalsis. ROCK activation permits actin/myosin interactions and smooth muscle cells contraction by maintaining the activity of myosin light-chain kinase, independently of the free cytosolic calcium level. The sensitization of smooth muscle myofilaments to calcium has been implicated in many pathological states, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, pulmonary hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and cancer. The focus of this review is on the involvement of RhoA/Rho-kinase in diseases. We will briefly describe the ROCK isoforms and the role of RhoA/Rho-kinase in the vasculature, before exploring the most recent findings regarding this pathway and various diseases.
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