Growth-related signaling as a target of toxic insult in vascular smooth muscle cells: implications in atherogenesis.

doi:10.1016/0024-3205(95)00314-v

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Growth-related signaling as a target of toxic insult in vascular smooth muscle cells: implications in atherogenesis.

Life sciences - 1 Jan 1995

Ramos K S, Parrish A R

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Aberrant smooth muscle cell proliferation is a focal point in the genesis and progression of atherosclerosis. To date, limited information is available on the molecular and cellular basis of the atherogenic response and the potential contribution of environmental chemicals to the overall process....

Topics

Allylamine
Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Benzo(a)pyrene
Mitogens
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Phenotype
Rats
Signal Transduction

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