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Close relation of arterial ICC-like cells to the contractile phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cell.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Pucovský Vladimír, Harhun Maksym I, Povstyan Oleksandr V, Gordienko Dmitri V, Moss Ray F, Bolton Thomas B
Abstract excerpt
This work aimed to establish the lineage of cells similar to the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), the arterial ICC-like (AIL) cells, which have recently been described in resistance arteries, and to study their location in the artery wall. Segments of guinea-pig mesenteric arteries and single AIL cells freshly isolated from them were used. Confocal imaging of immunostained cells or segments and electron...
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