Vascular myofibroblasts: Lessons from coronary repair and remodeling

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-422

  Zalewski, Andrew ^a   Shi, Yi ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SWINE; TISSUE REPAIR; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0030938891     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.3.417     Document Type: Review

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