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Tunica Media

Known as: Vascular Medias, Media, Vascular, Vascular Media 
The middle layer of blood vessel walls, composed principally of thin, cylindrical, smooth muscle cells and elastic tissue. It accounts for the bulk… 
National Institutes of Health

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Arterial MediaVenous Media
Blood VesselCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessExternal Elastic MembraneMedia layer

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Hair follicle-derived smooth muscle cells and small intestinal submucosa for engineering mechanically robust and vasoreactive vascular media.
Our laboratory recently reported a new source of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) derived from hair follicle (HF) mesenchymal stem… 
2005
2005
Tissue-Engineered Human Vascular Media With a Functional Endothelin System
Background—Cardiovascular diseases remain a major cause of death and disability in the Western world. Among the various… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
High‐Permeability Layers for Remediation of Ground Water; Go Wide, Not Deep
A nitrate‐reactive porous media layer comprising wood particles with very high hydraulic conductivity (K∼ 1 cm/s) was used to… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Characterisation of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase isoforms in the media layer of the main pulmonary artery.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Neurohormonal modulation in cardiovascular disease.
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the oldest known hormone systems. Its effector hormone, angiotensin (Ang) II, acts… 
1997
1997
Developmental and aging changes in the expression of amyloid precursor protein in down syndrome brains
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The origin of amyloid in cerebral vessels of aged dogs
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopical characterization of cerebrovascular and senile plaque amyloid in aged dogs' brains
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Right ventricular hypertrophy in monocrotaline pyrrole treated rats.
1969
1969
The relationship between diffuse intimal thickening, medial enzyme failure and intimal lipid deposition in various human arteries.
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