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Phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells: dissection of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2001
Nagai R, Suzuki T, Aizawa K, Miyamoto S, Amaki T, Kawai-Kowase K, Sekiguchi K I, Kurabayashi M
Abstract excerpt
The smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene and its isoforms are excellent molecular markers that reflect smooth muscle phenotypes. The SMemb/Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain B (NMHC-B) is a distinct MHC gene expressed predominantly in phenotypically modulated SMCs (synthetic-type SMC). To dissect the molecular mechanisms governing phenotypic modulation of SMCs, we analyzed the transcriptional regulatory...
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