Differentiation of Smooth Muscle Cells in Human Blood Vessels as Defined by Smoothelin, a Novel Marker for the Contractile Phenotype
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 17 (4) , 665-671
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.17.4.665
Abstract
Smoothelin is a constituent of the cytoskeleton specific for smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in a broad range of species. It has been postulated that smoothelin represents a marker of highly di...Keywords
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