Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis Originate From the Local Vessel Wall and Not Circulating Progenitor Cells in ApoE Knockout Mice

Jacob Fog Bentzon, Charlotte Weile, Claus S. Søndergaard, Moustapha Kassem, Erling Falk

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2006 · 235 citations · 23 references

Abstract

These experiments show that SMCs in atherosclerotic plaques are exclusively derived from the local vessel wall in apoE-/- mice.

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