title: Do vascular smooth muscle cells differentiate to macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions?
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
authors.forename: Filip K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Swirski
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. mnahrendorf@mgh.harvard.edu fswirski@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nahrendorf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054338:Cell Transdifferentiation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000473:pathology*; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; macrophages; vascular smooth muscle cells