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Contribution of proliferating leukocytes to phenotypic change in smooth muscle cells during the development of coronary arteriosclerosis in transplanted hearts.
European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes - 1 Jan 2000
Shirasawa B, Hamano K, Ueda M, Ito H, Kobayashi T, Fujimura Y, Kojima A, Esato K
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BACKGROUND: It is well known that coronary arteriosclerosis after heart transplantation is concentric and rich in smooth muscle cells (SMCs); however, the role played by rejection in the intimal thickening caused by SMCs in coronary arteriosclerosis remains unclear. In this study, we examined the process of intimal hyperplasia caused by SMCs and evaluated the relationship between the differentiation state of SMCs...
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