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Collagen synthesis by cultured arterial smooth muscle cells during spontaneous phenotypic modulation.
Acta pathologica japonica - 1 Mar 1990
Okada Y, Katsuda S, Matsui Y, Watanabe H, Nakanishi I
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative and qualitative changes in collagen synthetic activity by rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells were monitored during spontaneous phenotypic modulation from days 2-15 of culture. The cultured smooth muscle cells transformed into a synthetic phenotype, reaching a maximum of 94.6% on day 4, and then gradually returned to a contractile phenotype accounting for 59.3% on day 15 of culture. The maximum...
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