Effects of Extracellular Matrix Softening on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Dysfunction.

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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) shift from a physiological contractile phenotype to an adverse proliferative or synthetic state, which is a major event leading to aortic disease. VSMCs are exposed to multiple mechanical signals from their microenvironment including vascular extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness and stretch which regulate VSMC contraction. How ECM stiffness regulates the function and phenotype...

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