Article
Vascular smooth muscle cells of H-2Kb-tsA58 transgenic mice. Characterization of cell lines with distinct properties.
Circulation - 1 Dec 1995
Ehler E, Jat P S, Noble M D, Citi S, Draeger A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The vascular wall is composed of at least two different populations of smooth muscle cells that are distinct in their structure and protein composition. According to the developmental stage of tissue taken for culture, the ratio between cells of epithelioid phenotype and spindle-shape...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Aorta
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Intermediate Filament Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Myosins
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger