Photochemotherapy of vascular cells with 8‐methoxypsoralen and visible light: differential effects on endothelial and smooth muscle cells
Lee DM, Gasparro FP, Wang XJ, Kopec C, DeLeo K, Sumpio BE. Photochemotherapy of vascular cells with 8‐methoxypsoralen and visible light: differential effects on endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Photodermatology Photoimmunology & Photomedicine 2002, 18: 244-252. PMID: 12390666, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.02770.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsEndothelial cellsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyMuscle cellsTransluminal coronary angioplastyLong-term efficacyAortic smooth muscle cellsBovine aortic smooth muscle cellsDose-dependent fashionReversible inhibitionCoronary angioplastyIntermediate doseLow doseHigh doseSMC proliferationCell countVascular cellsDoseProliferation of ECsEC proliferationDifferential effectsProliferationCellular migrationPresent studySignificant effect