Article
Platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced suppression of smooth muscle cell differentiation.
Circulation research - 1 Dec 1992
Holycross B J, Blank R S, Thompson M M, Peach M J, Owens G K
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we demonstrated that treatment of postconfluent quiescent rat aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB dramatically reduced smooth muscle (SM) alpha-actin synthesis. In the present studies, we focused on the expression of two other SM-specific proteins, SM myosin heavy chain (SM-MHC) and SM alpha-tropomyosin (SM-alpha TM), to determine whether the actions of...
Topics
- Animals
- Aorta
- Autoradiography
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Myosins
- Phenotype
