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This chapter will review immunologic and immunohistochemical data concerning the nature and distribution of contractile proteins in endothelial and smooth muscle cells in different segments of the human vascular tree. Evidence will also be presented indicating that the content of actomyosin in endothelial cells of cerebral vessels can increase in hypertension. This data will be reviewed in the light of a body of knowledge gained largely over the past decade concerning the nature of contractile proteins of “non-muscle” cells and their role in cell motility, maintenance of cell shape, secretory processes, movement of subcellular organelles, attachment to matrix, and cell division.
This work was supported by research grants NHLBI 01803 and 18828 and a grant from the Cross Foundation.
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Becker, C.G. (1981). Contractile Proteins of Vascular Endothelium and Smooth Muscle. In: Schwartz, C.J., Werthessen, N.T., Wolf, S. (eds) Structure and Function of the Circulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7927-4_9
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