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Culture of vascular smooth muscle cells from small arteries of the rat kidney.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2000
Endlich N, Endlich K, Taesch N, Helwig J J
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BACKGROUND: In contrast to arterioles, small arteries appear to be the preferential site of renal vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation under pathophysiological conditions. To date, techniques have been described to isolate renal arterioles and to culture VSMCs. The aim of the present study was to develop a method of culturing VSMCs from isolated small arteries of the rat kidney and to characterize...
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