Article
The role of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation at the aortic branch in atherogenesis.
Frontiers of medical and biological engineering : the international journal of the Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering - 1 Jan 1993
Yutani C, Fujita H, Takaichi S, Yamamoto A
Abstract excerpt
To elucidate the mechanism of the development of atherosclerosis, we have investigated the cell population of phenotypes of contractile (C-SMC) and synthetic (S-SMC) states of SMCs at proximal and distal areas of bifurcation of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries in children and young persons by transmission electron microscopy. The previous studies in patients with hypercholesterolemia and who were young...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aging
- Arteriosclerosis
- Celiac Artery
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Infant, Newborn
- Mesenteric Arteries
