Smooth muscle phenotypic expression in human carotid arteries. II. Atherosclerosis-free diffuse intimal thickenings compared with the media.

doi:10.1161/01.atv.6.6.664

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Smooth muscle phenotypic expression in human carotid arteries. II. Atherosclerosis-free diffuse intimal thickenings compared with the media.

Arteriosclerosis (Dallas, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000

Mosse P R, Campbell G R, Campbell J H

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The volume fraction of synthetic organelles in smooth muscle cells from areas of atherosclerosis-free, diffuse intimal thickenings (DIT) and media of human carotid artery has been determined morphometrically. Tissue was obtained at autopsy from men and women aged 35 to 80 years, at 6 to 12 hours...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carotid Arteries
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Organoids
Phenotype

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