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Pregnancy-induced elevation in aortic vascular smooth muscle actin in the Sprague-Dawley rat
S T Davidge1, L Close, J L Lessard
1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
A component of hemodynamic responses during pregnancy may include structural changes in the arterial tree. Smooth muscle alpha-actin is a major structural-contractile protein of muscle cells. We observed a marked increase. In expression of actin during pregnancy in the rat aorta, suggesting a structural alteration of conduit arteries.