Resident phenotypically modulated vascular smooth muscle cells in healthy human arteries

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2802-2812

  Harhun, Maksym I ^a   Huggins, Christopher L ^a   Ratnasingham, Kumaran ^b   Raje, Durgesh ^b   Moss, Ray F ^a   Szewczyk, Kinga ^a   Vasilikostas, Georgios ^b   Greenwood, Iain A ^a   Khong, Teck K ^a   Wan, Andrew ^b   Reddy, Marcus ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budding; Filopodia; Gastro omental arteries; Human; Phenotypically modulated vascular smooth muscle cells; Vascular interstitial cell; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; PHENOTYPE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84868095964     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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