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Michael Taggart PhD

Appointment	Professor and Chair of Reproductive Sciences
Affiliation	Institute Of Cellular Medicine Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Research interests	Research centres on the role of Ca2+-dependent signal transduction pathways in regulating smooth muscle phenotype and contractile function. Smooth muscle is the contractile tissue surrounding all hollow organs in the body and its regulation plays a vital role in determining many physiological outcomes. A particular focus is given to the cellular mechanisms underlying the remodelling of human uterine and vascular smooth muscle during pregnancy. The role of intracellular Ca2+ in influencing transduction pathways that centre on excitation-contraction coupling, metabolic-contraction coupling or transcriptional-contraction coupling in human uterine smooth muscle is a feature of current research efforts.
Homepage	www.ncl.ac.uk/icm/people/profile/michael.taggart
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