Article
Retardation of phenotypic transition of rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells in three-dimensional primary culture.
Experimental cell research - 25 May 1996
Yamamoto M, Nakamura H, Yamato M, Aoyagi M, Yamamoto K
Abstract excerpt
Three-dimensional gel culture systems represent conditions that mimic the differentiated state of mesenchymal cells in vivo. We examined gel contraction, cell growth, and phenotypic modulation of rabbit arterial SMC in three-dimensional gel culture. The gel contraction rate was dependent on the c...
Topics
- Animals
- Aorta
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- DNA
- Gels
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- RNA
- Rabbits
- Transforming Growth Factor beta