Atherosclerosis
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 213-221 , December 2005

Phenotypic modifications of vascular smooth muscle cells could be responsible for vascular hyporeactivity to contracting agent in mechanically injured rat carotid artery

  • A. Popolo

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    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 089962810; fax: +39 089962810.
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  • S. Marzocco

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    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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  • C. Nasti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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  • L. Lippolis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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  • R. d’Emmanuele di Villa Bianca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy
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  • R. Sorrentino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy
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  • G. Autore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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  • A. Pinto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy

Received 1 September 2004 ,Revised 21 December 2004 ,Accepted 21 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.02.033

Atherosclerosis
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 213-221 , December 2005

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