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Stem cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and atherosclerosis.
Histology and histopathology - 1 Sept 2006
Margariti A, Zeng L, Xu Q
Abstract excerpt
Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into a variety of cells to replace dead cells or to repair tissue. Recently, accumulating evidence indicates that mechanical forces, cytokines and other factors can influence stem cell differentiation into vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). In developmental process, SMCs originate from several sources, which show a great heterogenicity in different vessel walls. In...
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