Diversity of phenotype and function of vascular smooth muscle cells.

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Recent observations indicate that cell-to-cell and segment-to-segment variation occur in the morphology and function of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells in pulmonary and systemic arteries. This diversity includes differences in cell phenotype and in expression of cytoskeletal proteins as well as heterogeneity of the number and activity of potassium (K) channel types. The concept of cell diversity indicates that...

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