Promoters to Study Vascular Smooth Muscle
Chakraborty R, Saddouk FZ, Carrao AC, Krause DS, Greif DM, Martin KA. Promoters to Study Vascular Smooth Muscle. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2019, 39: 603-612. PMID: 30727757, PMCID: PMC6527360, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.312449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsCre driver linesDiversity of phenotypesMuscle cell typesVisceral smooth muscle cellsSMC transdifferentiationActa2 promoterRemarkable plasticityExciting new eraSMC functionCell typesCre linesEmbryonic heartExciting discoveriesPhenotypeMuscle cellsPerivascular adipocytesPromoterVascular smooth muscleNonmuscular cellsExpressionMyeloid cellsCardiovascular phenotypesCellsBlood vessel wall