Polyploidy of smooth myocytes in coronary arteries.
Study of smooth myocytes in coronary arteries of dogs with experimental coarctation of the aorta revealed increased DNA content in myocyte nuclei and increased percentage of binucleated cells. Polyploidy of vascular myocytes did not disappear after correction of the aortal defect.
Gansburgskii
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AN
Department of Histology, Cytology, and Embryology, Department of Biology with Genetics, Yaroslavl State Medical Academy. pavlov@hist.yma.ac.ru
Yal'tsev
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AV
D000818:Animals; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography