Phenotypic diversity of smooth muscle cells isolated from human intracranial basilar artery

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Wang, Zhongbiao ^a   Rao, Pulipaka J ^a   Shillcutt, Samuel D ^a   Newman, Walter H ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Clone; Phenotype; Smooth muscle cells; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALPONIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CELL CLONE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0141671733     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00914-5     Document Type: Article

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