Smooth muscle cell heterogeneity: patterns of gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro and in vivo.

doi:10.1161/01.atv.18.3.333

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Smooth muscle cell heterogeneity: patterns of gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro and in vivo.

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Mar 1998

Shanahan C M, Weissberg P L

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Early morphological and biochemical studies indicated that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) exhibited two distinct phenotypes and that a change from the contractile to the synthetic phenotype was a prerequisite for progression of vascular disease. More recently, it has become evident that the...

Topics

Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Gene Expression
Genetic Markers
Humans
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Phenotype

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