Vascular structure, smooth muscle cell phenotype and growth in hypertension.

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The media of most blood vessels is occupied by vascular smooth muscle cells. In areas they may be replaced by glomus cells, pericytes or renin-secreting myoepithelioid cells. These cells may be regarded as phenotypic variants of vascular smooth muscle cells. In disease, ordinary vascular smooth muscle cells may also assume a spectrum of phenotypes ranging from contractile to largely secretory types. Therefore,...

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