Role of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in smooth muscle cell function: implications in vascular development and disease
Author
Summary, in English
By regulating migration, proliferation and apoptosis as well as extracellular matrix synthesis and assembly, proteoglycans, integrins and the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex may be of great importance both during development and in vascular disease.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Pages
540-545
Publication/Series
Current Opinion in Lipidology
Volume
18
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article review
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Topic
- Cell and Molecular Biology
Keywords
- proteoglycans
- VSMC
- dystrophin-glycoprotein complex
- integrins
- atherosclerosis
Status
Published
Research group
- Muscle Biology
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1473-6535