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PDGFRβ signaling regulates mural cell plasticity and inhibits fat development.
Developmental cell - 14 Jun 2011
Olson Lorin E, Soriano Philippe
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Mural cells (pericytes and vascular smooth muscle cells) provide trophic and structural support to blood vessels. Vascular smooth muscle cells alternate between a synthetic/proliferative state and a differentiated/contractile state, but the dynamic states of pericytes are poorly understood. To explore the cues that regulate mural cell differentiation and homeostasis, we have generated conditional knockin mice...
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