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[Phenotypic variants of the smooth-muscle cells in an atheromatous plaque of the human aorta].
Arkhiv patologii - 1 Jan 1990
Babaev V R, Bobryshev Iu V, Stenina O V, Tararak E M
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The authors investigated the expression of cytoskeletal proteins and the ultrastructure of cells in normal intima and atheromatous plaque of human aorta. It has been established, using double immunofluorescent method and a set of antibodies that intimal smooth muscle cells /SMC/ of normal aorta express myosin, vimentin, alpha-actin and actin but not desmin. In seven out of 28 atherosclerotic plaques the cells...
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