Julie H. Campbell and Gordon R. Campbell Page 1 The role of smooth muscle cells in
atherosclerosis Julie H. Campbell and Gordon R. Campbell Centre for Research in Vascular …

Rabbits have been extensively used in the past for experimental production of arterial
lesions by simple short-term cholesterol feeding. However, most lesions thus produced have …

Considerable advances have been made in understanding the connective tissue structural
components of the arterial wall. Although significant preliminary background information had …

In 1866 Langhans described a population of subendothelial cells which he regarded as
fibroblasts or fibrocytes.'Since then, these cells have been described as modified smooth …

At least two exogenous sources of agents able to control vascular smooth muscle
proliferation can be identified. Platelets contain and release mitogens as well as a factor …

The process of atherosclerosis is a life-threatening disease that affects critical organs
including the heart and brain. It results from the influence of noxious agents associated with …

This article reviews the proliferative, structural and synthetic behaviour of vascular smooth
muscle cells under a variety of conditions. It shows how some experimental procedures …

The idea that smooth muscle cells can exist in multiple phenotypic states depending on the
functional demands placed upon them has been around for> 5 decades. However, much of …

The size, elasticity, and integrityof the large arteries is determined by the smoothmuscle cells
(SMCs) of the tunica media and by the connective tissue matrix including collagen, elastin …

Enzyme-dispersed smooth muscle cells from the adult pig aortic media in the first few days
of primary culture are in the contractile phenotype and do not divide when challenged with …