Competence growth factors evoke the phenotypic transition of arterial smooth muscle cells.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb42295.x

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Competence growth factors evoke the phenotypic transition of arterial smooth muscle cells.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 1990

Kato M, Kyogoku M

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Vascular smooth muscle cells (V-SMC) alter their functions from contraction to production of extracellular matrices during the response to injury of the arterial wall. Accumulation of these matrices characterize the chronic structural change of arteriosclerosis. In this paper, we reported as foll...

Topics

Actins
Arteries
Cell Division
Flow Cytometry
Growth Substances
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Phenotype
Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase

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