Article
Smooth muscle cells isolated from discrete compartments of the mature vascular media exhibit unique phenotypes and distinct growth capabilities.
Circulation research - 1 Dec 1997
Frid M G, Aldashev A A, Dempsey E C, Stenmark K R
Abstract excerpt
Heterogeneity of smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotype and function is rapidly emerging as an important concept. We have recently described that phenotypically distinct SMC subpopulations in bovine pulmonary arteries exhibit unique proliferative and matrix-producing responses to hypoxic pulmonary hy...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cattle
- Cell Division
- Cell Hypoxia
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- DNA
- Female
- Heparin
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype