Smooth Muscle Cells and Myofibroblasts Use Distinct Transcriptional Mechanisms for Smooth Muscle α-Actin Expression
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Smooth muscle cells and myofibroblasts use distinct transcriptional mechanisms for smooth muscle alpha-actin expression.
There has been considerable controversy regarding the lineage relationship between smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and myofibroblasts, because they express a number of common cell-selective markers including smooth muscle (SM) alpha-actin. We have shown previously that MCAT elements within the SM alpha-actin promoter confer differential activity in cultured SMCs versus myofibroblasts. In the present...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0009-7330,1524-4571
DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.154831