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Phenotype modulation in primary cultures of aortic smooth muscle cells from streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Aug 1998
Etienne P, Parés-Herbuté N, Mani-Ponset L, Gabrion J, Rabesandratana H, Herbuté S, Monnier L
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis. In atherosclerotic lesions, arterial smooth muscle cells (SMC) change from a contractile to a synthetic phenotype characterized by active proliferation. A similar phenotype modulation occurs in vitro when isolated arterial SMC are grown in culture and is characterized by both changes in cell morphology and a typical switch in actin isoform expression....
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