The Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell

Overview - development of the vessel wall, G.R. Campbell and J.H. Campbell; smooth muscle cell differentiation during early development and during intimal thickening formation of the ductus arteriosus, A.C. Gittenberger-De Groot, et al; integrins, cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix proteins in developing smooth muscle cells of human aorta, M.A. Glukhova, et al; relevance of smooth muscle replication and development to vascular disease, S.M. Schwartz, et al; smooth muscle gene expression during developmental maturation, G. Liau and D.K.M. Han; overview - molecular identification smooth muscle cells, G.K. Owens; architecture of the smooth muscle cell, J. Victor Small and A.J. North; molecular basis of smooth muscle contractility - myosin heavy chains - gene structure and expression, M. Periasamy and R. Nagai; vascular smooth muscle-specific gene expression, T.C. McQuinn and R.J. Schwartz; overview - molecular controls of smooth muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia, R. Ross; overview - smmoth muscle cell function from the clinical perspective, A.W. Clowes; regulation of arterial smooth muscle growth, M.A. Riedy; pharmacology of smooth muscle cell proliferation, C.L. Jackson; smooth muscle cell and fibroblast biological and functional features - similarities and differences, A. Desmouliere and G. Gabbiani; smooth muscle cell proliferation in hypertension - possible muscle cell proliferation in hypertension - possible contribution to arterial remodelling, J.G.R. De May.