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Connexin45 regulates endothelial-induced mesenchymal cell differentiation toward a mural cell phenotype.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2013
Fang Jennifer S, Dai Cuiping, Kurjiaka David T, Burt Janis M, Hirschi Karen K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The focus of this study was to investigate the role of connexin (Cx) 45 in endothelial-induced mural cell differentiation. METHODS AND RESULTS: We created mural cell precursors that stably express only Cx45 in Cx43-deficient mesenchymal cells (ReCx45), and used our in vitro model of blood vessel assembly to assess the capacity of this Cx to support endothelial-induced mural cell differentiation....
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