Vessel size-dependent expression of intermediate-sized filaments, calponin, and h-caldesmon in smooth muscle cells of human coronary arteries

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Nakamura, Akihiro ^a   Isoyama, Shogen ^b   Goto, Kunihiko ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Heterogeneity; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CALDESMON; CALPONIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033497532     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01747855     Document Type: Article

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