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1534657

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Rabbit smooth muscles contain at least three types of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms; SM1, SM2 and SMemb (NMHC-B), the expression of which is developmentally regulated. We have recently reported that smooth muscles with the embryonic phenotype accumulate in the neointimas produced by endothelial denudation or high-cholesterol feeding. In this study, we examined MHC isoform expression in the neointimas and the media of poststenotic dilatation of the rabbit carotid artery, and determined the phenotype of the smooth muscle cell in the dilated segment. We report here that neointimal cells in the dilated segment are smooth muscle cells with the embryonic phenotype as previously reported in our ballooning-injury study. The medial smooth muscles, however, are composed of heterogeneous population of smooth muscles which differ in stage of differentiation as determined by the MHC isoform expression. These results indicate that MHC isoforms are useful molecular markers to identify abnormally proliferating smooth muscles in diseased arteries and to understand the process of atherogenesis occurring following vascular injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Heterogeneity in smooth muscle cell population accumulating in the neointimas and the media of poststenotic dilatation of the rabbit carotid artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Adult Diseases Asahi Life Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article