Article
Differential processes of vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation within elastic and muscular arteries of rats and rabbits: an immunofluorescence study of desmin and vimentin distribution.
The Histochemical journal - 1 Jan 1996
Kacem K, Seylaz J, Aubineau P
Abstract excerpt
Two main populations of smooth muscle cells exist in the arterial media of adult mammals with respect to expression of two intermediate filament proteins: vimentin-positive/desmin-negative cells (V+/D-) and vimentin-positive/desmin-positive ones (V+/D+). However, it is still not understood how th...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Aorta, Abdominal
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Cell Differentiation
- Desmin
- Femoral Artery
- Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Rabbits
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar