Article
Ultrastructural studies on the phenotypic modulation of human intimal smooth muscle cells.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 1993
Takaichi S, Yutani C, Fujita H, Yamamoto A
Abstract excerpt
The present study was carried out to clarify the mechanism of intimal thickening at the ostia of celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. The cell components involved in the process were analyzed under electron microscope. Autopsy samples from cases without significant atherosclerotic diseases we...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aging
- Arteriosclerosis
- Celiac Artery
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Macrophages
- Male
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Tunica Intima