Multiple phenotypically distinct smooth muscle cell populations exist in the adult and developing bovine pulmonary arterial media in vivo.

doi:10.1161/01.res.75.4.669

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Multiple phenotypically distinct smooth muscle cell populations exist in the adult and developing bovine pulmonary arterial media in vivo.

Circulation research - 1 Oct 1994

Frid M G, Moiseeva E P, Stenmark K R

Abstract excerpt

Different smooth muscle cell (SMC) functions may require different cell phenotypes. Because the main pulmonary artery performs diverse functions, we hypothesized that it would contain heterogeneous SMC populations. If the hypothesis were confirmed, we wished to determine the developmental origin...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Blotting, Western
Cattle
Contractile Proteins
Cytoskeletal Proteins
Fetus
Humans
Muscle Development
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Phenotype
Precipitin Tests
Pulmonary Artery
Tunica Media

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