Deciphering the Intercellular Communication Between Immune Cells and Altered Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypes in Aortic Aneurysm From Single-Cell Transcriptome Data

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Background: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype switching has been preliminarily found in aortic aneurysms. However, two major questions were raised: (1) What factors drive phenotypic switching of VSMCs in aortic aneurysms? (2) What role does VSMC phenotype transformation play in aortic aneurysms? We speculated that the interaction between infiltrated immune cells and VSMCs played a pivotal role in...

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