α-Smooth Muscle Actin and ACTA2 Gene Expressions in Vasculopathies
ABSTRACT α-smooth muscle actin, encoded by ACTA2 gene, is an isoform of the vascular smooth muscle actins, typically expressed in the vascular smooth muscle cells contributing to vascular motility and contraction. ACTA2 gene mutations cause a diversity of diffuse vasculopathies such as thoracic aort...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000600644&lng=en&tlng=en |