Intimal thickness and layering, and smooth muscle cell phenotypes in aorta of youth.

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Proneness to the lesions of atherosclerosis varies along the length and circumferential topography of the aorta. Smooth muscle cells, in particular those of the 'modulated' synthetic phenotype which are able to proliferate and synthesize matrix proteins, are considered to play an important role in lesion progression. We report on a study of the aortic intima at a lesion-prone site from abdominal aorta and a...

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