Basic fibroblast growth factor regulates extracellular matrix and contractile protein expression independent of proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-346

  Kato, Seiya ^a   Muraishi, Akihiko ^a   Miyamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Fox, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Mitogens; Myosin heavy chain; Receptors; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032419270     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-998-0011-3     Document Type: Article

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