[The phenotypes of arterial smooth-muscle cells during ontogeny and in atherosclerotic plaques].

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[The phenotypes of arterial smooth-muscle cells during ontogeny and in atherosclerotic plaques].

Arkhiv patologii - 1 Jan 2000

Shekhonin B V, Frid M G, Tararak E M

Abstract excerpt

Smooth-muscle cell (SMC) myosin expression, SMC alpha-actin, h-caldesmon and calponin expression were studied in developing SMC of embryonic aorta as well as in adult human aorta and coronary arteries. It was found that ontogenesis is associated with SMC phenotypic modulations. In 8-23-week embry...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Aorta
Arteriosclerosis
Child
Endothelium, Vascular
Gestational Age
Humans
Middle Aged
Morphogenesis
Muscle Development
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Phenotype

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