Relationship of connexin43 expression to phenotypic modulation in cultured human aortic smooth muscle cells.

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Transition of arterial smooth muscle cells from the contractile to the synthetic phenotype in vivo is associated with up-regulation of the gap-junctional protein, connexin43 (Cx43). However, the role of increased Cx43 expression in relation to the characteristic features of the synthetic phenotype - altered growth, differentiation or synthetic activity - has not previously been defined. In the present study,...

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