Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries.

Butler SM, Abrassart JM, Hubbell MC, Adeoye O, Semotiuk A, Williams JM, Mata-Greenwood E, Khorram O, Pearce WJ. Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep; 301(3):C653-66.

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subject areas

Actins
Aging
Animals
Carotid Artery, Common
Contractile Proteins
Culture Media, Serum-Free
Female
Fetus
Gene Expression
Male
Muscle Contraction
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Myosin Light Chains
Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
Organ Culture Techniques
Potassium
Sheep
Stress, Mechanical
Tunica Media
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2

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Omid A. Khorram, MD, PhD

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