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Maturational differences between vascular and bladder smooth muscle during ovine development
Y H Arens1, C R Rosenfeld, K E Kamm
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Abstract:
Maturation rates of vascular and visceral smooth muscle (SM) during ovine development were compared by quantifying contractile protein, myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform contents, and contractile properties of aortas and bladders from female fetal (n = 19) and postnatal (n = 21) sheep. Actin, myosin, and protein contents rose progressively throughout development in both tissues (P