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Cigarette Smoke Modulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Phenotype: Implications for Carotid and Cerebrovascular Disease

BACKGROUND: The role of smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotypic modulation in the cerebral circulation and pathogenesis of stroke has not been determined. Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis, but potential mechanisms are unclear, and its role in SMC phenotypic modulation has not b...

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Autores principales: Starke, Robert M., Ali, Muhammad S., Jabbour, Pascal M., Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula I., Gonzalez, Fernando, Hasan, David M., Rosenwasser, Robert H., Owens, Gary K., Koch, Walter J., Dumont, Aaron S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23967268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071954