Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are a major cell type present at all stages of an atherosclerotic plaque. According to the ‘response to injury’ and ‘vulnerable plaque’ hypotheses, contractile VSMCs recruited from the media undergo phenotypic conversion to proliferative synthetic cells that generate extracellular matrix to form the fibrous cap...
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Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2248382048
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2248382048
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1759-5002,1759-5010
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1759-5010
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10.1038/s41569-019-0227-9
