Role of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in smooth muscle cell function: implications in vascular development and disease

Anna Hultgardh-Nilsson, Madeleine Durbeej-Hjalt

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)540-545
JournalCurrent Opinion in Lipidology
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Free keywords

  • proteoglycans
  • VSMC
  • dystrophin-glycoprotein complex
  • integrins
  • atherosclerosis

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