vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a vascular smooth muscle cell. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18267954 GOC:sl http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16151017 ]
Synonyms: vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation, VSMC differentiation
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- cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some vascular associated smooth muscle cell
- smooth muscle cell differentiation
- results in acquisition of features of some vascular associated smooth muscle cell
- part of some vasculature development