Atherosclerosis and the arterial smooth muscle cell: Proliferation of smooth muscle is a key event in the genesis of the lesions of atherosclerosis

Science. 1973 Jun 29;180(4093):1332-9. doi: 10.1126/science.180.4093.1332.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arteries / cytology*
  • Arteries / pathology
  • Arteriosclerosis / etiology*
  • Arteriosclerosis / metabolism
  • Arteriosclerosis / pathology
  • Blood Proteins / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cholesterol / metabolism
  • Coronary Disease / metabolism
  • Elastic Tissue / pathology
  • Elasticity
  • Elastin / metabolism
  • Glycosaminoglycans / metabolism
  • Haplorhini
  • Lipoproteins, HDL / metabolism
  • Lipoproteins, LDL / metabolism
  • Macaca
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Muscle, Smooth / cytology*
  • Muscle, Smooth / metabolism
  • Muscle, Smooth / pathology

Substances

  • Blood Proteins
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Lipoproteins, HDL
  • Lipoproteins, LDL
  • Elastin
  • Cholesterol