smooth muscle cell proliferation

Known as: SMC proliferation 
The multiplication or reproduction of smooth muscle cells, resulting in the expansion of a cell population. [CL:0000192, GOC:ebc, PMID:1840698]
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
MicroRNA-21 plays a role in hypoxia-mediated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration.
Hypoxia stimulates pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation. Recent studies have implicated an important role… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A necessary role of miR-221 and miR-222 in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and neointimal hyperplasia.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) comprise a novel class of endogenous, small, noncoding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Bilirubin: a natural inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation.
BACKGROUND Bilirubin, a natural product of heme catabolism by heme oxygenases, was considered a toxic waste product until 1987… (More)
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1999
Review
1999
Fibrous cap formation or destruction--the critical importance of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and matrix formation.
Endothelial activation and infiltration of monocyte macrophages are essential prerequisites for fibrous cap formation, which… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Rho and Rho kinase mediate thrombin-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell DNA synthesis and migration.
Aberrant regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration is associated with the pathophysiology of vascular… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Inhibition of cellular ras prevents smooth muscle cell proliferation after vascular injury in vivo
Proliferation of smooth muscle cells of the arterial wall in response to local injury is an important aetiologic factor of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Morphologic characteristics of lesion formation and time course of smooth muscle cell proliferation in a porcine proliferative restenosis model.
OBJECTIVES This study was performed to define the evolution of lesion morphology and its relation to thrombus formation and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Angiotensin II induces smooth muscle cell proliferation in the normal and injured rat arterial wall.
The present study was undertaken to explore the possibility that neointimal smooth muscle cells, the characteristic cells of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Role of platelets in smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration after vascular injury in rat carotid artery.
Intimal lesion formation was investigated in rats made thrombocytopenic by a single i.p. injection of a polyclonal antibody made… (More)
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inhibition of rat arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation by heparin. II. In vitro studies.
We studied in vitro the effects heparin on the growth of rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Measurements of growth were monitored by… (More)
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