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Molecular mechanisms of collagen isotype-specific modulation of smooth muscle cell phenotype.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2009
Orr A Wayne, Lee Monica Y, Lemmon Julia A, Yurdagul Arif, Gomez Maria F, Bortz Pamela D Schoppee, Wamhoff Brian R
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OBJECTIVE: Smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotypic modulation, an important component of atherosclerosis progression, is critically regulated by the matrix, with normal components of the healthy SMC matrix limiting modulation and atherosclerosis-associated transitional matrix proteins promoting pheno...
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