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.

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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 this phenotypic diversity is established. Since the proportion and the distribution patterns of the two muscle cell...

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