Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotypic modulation plays a key role in
atherosclerosis and is classically defined as a switch from a 'contractile'phenotype to a …

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC s) exhibit phenotypic and functional plasticity in order
to respond to vascular injury. In case of the vessel damage, VSMC s are able to switch from …

Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) possess remarkable phenotypic plasticity that allows rapid
adaptation to fluctuating environmental cues, including during development and progression …

During atheromatous plaque formation or restenosis after angioplasty, smooth muscle cells
(SMCs) migrate from the media toward the intima, where they proliferate and undergo …

The differentiated vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) is a highly specialized cell that
expresses a unique repertoire of contractile proteins, ion channels, membrane receptors …

The historical view of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in atherosclerosis is that
aberrant proliferation of VSMCs promotes plaque formation, but that VSMCs in advanced …

Early morphological and biochemical studies indicated that vascular smooth muscle cells
(VSMCs) exhibited two distinct phenotypes and that a change from the contractile to the …

Current knowledge suggests that intimal smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in native
atherosclerotic plaque derive mainly from the medial arterial layer. During this process …

The initiation of atherosclerosis results from complex interactions of circulating factors and
various cell types in the vessel wall, including endothelial cells, lymphocytes, monocytes …

After a period of relative senescence in the field of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC)
research with particular regards to atherosclerosis, the last few years has witnessed a …