Postnatal development of extracellular matrix and vascular function in small arteries of the rat

• Main Authors: Zahra Nourian (Author), Kwangseok Hong (Author), Min Li (Author), Jorge A. Castorena-Gonzalez (Author), Luis A. Martinez-Lemus (Author), Philip S. Clifford (Author), Gerald A. Meininger (Author), Michael A. Hill (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Vascular extracellular matrix (ECM) is dominated by elastic fibers (elastin with fibrillin-rich microfibrils) and collagens. Current understanding of ECM protein development largely comes from studies of conduit vessels (e.g., aorta) while resistance vessel data are sparse. With an emp...