Article
Regulation of smooth muscle phenotype.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2003
Manabe Ichiro, Nagai Ryozo
Abstract excerpt
Differentiated smooth muscle cells (SMCs) remain highly plastic, enabling them to alter their phenotype in response to environmental and pathologic stimuli. SMCs in vascular pathologies such as atherosclerosis exhibit phenotypes clearly different from those of the mature cells in normal blood vessels. These phenotypically modulated SMCs play an integral role in the development of vascular diseases. This review...
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