The extracellular matrix and the control of proliferation of vascular endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells.
In this short review we describe the observations which have led us to conclude that one of the most important components involved in modulating cell proliferation in vitro, and probably in vivo as well, may be the extra-cellular matrix upon which cells rest.
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000502:physiology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects; D002417:Cattle; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D004727:Endothelium / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D007700:Kinetics; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy
D010455:Peptides; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D003094:Collagen