Article
Secreted protein profiling of human aortic smooth muscle cells identifies vascular disease associations
2023-11-11
Abstract excerpt
<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Smooth muscle cells (SMCs), which make up the medial layer of arteries, are key cell types involved in cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In response to microenvironment alterations, SMCs dedifferentiate from a “contractile” to a “synthetic” phenotype characterized by an increased proliferation, migration, production of extra...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 7d83731e-02b2-5ce2-920c-00435f071eed
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.11.10.23298351
