Smooth muscle cell: a key cell for plaque vulnerability regulation?

Circ Res. 2006 Mar 3;98(4):448-9. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000214330.15785.46.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Atherosclerosis / etiology*
  • Collagen / genetics*
  • Fibroblasts / physiology
  • Genes, MHC Class II*
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / pharmacology*
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / cytology*
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / metabolism
  • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / metabolism
  • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / physiology*
  • Nuclear Proteins / physiology
  • Trans-Activators / physiology

Substances

  • MHC class II transactivator protein
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Trans-Activators
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Collagen