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[Phenotype changes in smooth muscle cells of human coronary arteries during aging and during development of atherosclerosis].
Kardiologiia - 1 Aug 1991
Sukhova G K, Babaev V R, Sirotkin V N, Tararak E m
Abstract excerpt
The ultrastructure and the expression of cytoskeletal and contractile proteins were studied in the intimal cells of human coronary arteries (CA) taken at autopsy from 38 trauma victims aged 1 to 70 years. All intimal smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the CA from 2-4-year old children contained desmin, vimentin, myosin, and actin. In the normal intima of adolescents aged 14-16 years, only did some SMC contain desmin...
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