Article
Restricted expression of homeobox genes distinguishes fetal from adult human smooth muscle cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Jan 1996
Miano J M, Firulli A B, Olson E N, Hara P, Giachelli C M, Schwartz S M
Abstract excerpt
Smooth muscle cell plasticity is considered a prerequisite for atherosclerosis and restenosis following angioplasty and bypass surgery. Identification of transcription factors that specify one smooth muscle cell phenotype over another therefore may be of major importance in understanding the mole...
Topics
- Adult
- Aging
- Animals
- Aorta
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Conserved Sequence
- DNA, Complementary
- Fetus
- Genes, Homeobox
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle, Smooth
- Phenotype