Miguel G Rojas1, Simone Pereira-Simon1, Zachary M Zigmond2

  • 1Department of Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.

Cells
|May 24, 2024
PubMed
概括

动脉和静脉具有不同的细胞组成和基因表达特征,特别是在纤维细胞中,影响它们对受伤和疾病的不同反应. 这种细胞分歧影响血管改造和治疗发展.

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