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Isolation, Culture, and Characterization of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2016
Patel Jessal J, Srivastava Salil, Siow Richard C M
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Smooth muscle cells (SMC) are the predominant cell type involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, vascular calcification and restenosis after angioplasty; however, they are also important in the de novo formation of blood vessels through differentiation of mesenchymal cells under the influence of mediators secreted by endothelial cells. In angiogenesis, vascular SMC are formed by proliferation of existing...
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