α7β1 integrin: Putting the brakes on smooth muscle cell proliferation

Circulation Research

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 651-653

  Wilson, Emily ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Phenotypic modulation; Signal transduction; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA7 BETA1 INTEGRIN; ALPHA7 INTEGRIN; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSOL; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 34848874230     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.161877     Document Type: Editorial

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