Diverse cellular architecture of atherosclerotic plaque derives from clonal expansion of a few medial SMCs.

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• Publication year

  2017

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  JCI Insight

• Publication date

  2017-10-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.95890PMID 28978793PMCID PMC5841865
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