The proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from the media
toward the intimal layer are key components in vascular proliferative diseases. In addition …

Exuberant accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a principal role in the
pathogenesis of vascular diseases. It has been assumed that SMCs derived from the …

Accumulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in the tunica intima plays a major
role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and restenosis following endovascular …

Vascular smooth muscle cells have long been described as phenotypically diverse, with
some populations possessing the potential for monoclonal expansion within the adult vessel …

Atherosclerosis is responsible for more than half of all deaths in Western countries.
Numerous studies have reported that accumulation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a …

The origin of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in athero-sclerotic lesions has been a hotly
debated topic for more than four decades. Until recently, it was widely accepted that the …

Smooth muscle cells play a critical role in the development of atherosclerosis and its clinical
complications. They were long thought to derive entirely from preexisting smooth muscle …

Excessive accumulation of smooth-muscle cells (SMCs) has a key role in the pathogenesis
of vascular diseases. It has been assumed that SMCs derived from the outer medial layer …

The origin of vascular smooth muscle cells that accumulate in the neointima in vascular
diseases such as transplant arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis and restenosis remains subject …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) exhibit extensive phenotypic diversity and rapid
growth during embryonic development, but maintain a quiescent, differentiated state in adult …