Phenotype Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells After siRNA Silencing of Filamin

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-52

  Zhu, Guangming ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Zhang, Weiwei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Filamin; Phenotype switch; siRNA silencing; VSMCs

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FILAMINS; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RABBIT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 80051468770     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9159-7     Document Type: Article

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