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Human-derived vascular smooth muscle cells produce angiotensin II by changing to the synthetic phenotype.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Aug 2003
Hu Wen-Yang, Fukuda Noboru, Ikeda Yukihiro, Suzuki Ryo, Tahira Yosiko, Takagi Hiroto, Matsumoto Koichi, Kanmatsuse Katsuo, Mugishima Hideo
Abstract excerpt
We investigated whether vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC)-derived from human produce angiotensin (Ang) II upon change from the contractile phenotype to the synthetic phenotype by incubation with fibronectin (FN). Expression of alpha-smooth muscle (SM) actin, apparent in the contractile phenotype, was decreased by FN. Expressions of matrix Gla and osteopontin, apparent in the synthetic phenotype, were increased...
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