The smooth muscle cell is the only cell type present in the media of the mammalian artery
(Pease and Paule, 1960; Karrer, 1961; Paule, 1963) and is therefore responsible for …

For a general survey of the atherosclerotic process, the reader is referred to recent reviews.
34-37 In the early stages of the disease, smooth muscle cells migrate from the media to the …

In 1968, Professor Robert Wissler published a landmark review on the role of smooth
muscle cells in atherogenesis. He suggested that in future studies more attention should be …

The volume fraction of synthetic organelles in smooth muscle cells from diffuse intimal
thickenings (DIT) and media of human carotid arteries has been determined …

In the normal arterial wall the smooth muscle cells and abluminal surface of the endothelium
are surrounded by a basal lamina consisting of (among other substances) laminin, heparan …

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Smooth muscle cells were isolated enzymatically from adult human arteries, grown in
primary culture in medium containing 10% whole blood serum, and studied by transmission …

In 1653, the English physician William Harvey published the first comprehensive study of
blood vessels, De Motu Cordis. 1 This classic treatise delineated the directions of blood flow …

Smooth muscle proliferation has been recognized as central to the pathology of both major
forms of vascular disease: atherosclerosis and hypertension. Recent advances in our …

The volume fraction of synthetic organelles in smooth muscle cells from areas of
atherosclerosis-free, diffuse intimal thickenings (DIT) and media of human carotid artery has …