Stem cell factor and c-kit are expressed by and may affect vascular SMCs through an autocrine pathway

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 288-294

  Hollenbeck, Scott T ^a,b   Sakakibara, Kenji ^a,b   Faries, Peter L ^a,b,c   Workhu, Berhane ^a,b   Liu, Bo ^a,b   Kent, K Craig ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Columbia Coll of Phys and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

autocrine; c kit; intimal hyperplasia; stem cell factor; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTIMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 3042615183     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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