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Vascular smooth muscle cells as a valvular interstitial cell surrogate in heart valve tissue engineering.
Tissue engineering. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Appleton Andrew J E, Appleton C Thomas G, Boughner Derek R, Rogers Kem A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are a potential autologous cell source for aortic valve tissue engineering, but have a phenotype that differs from that of valvular interstitial cells in vivo. We hypothesized that combining basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), epidermal growth f...
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