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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Hypertens Rev. 2010 Nov 1;6(4):266–281. doi: 10.2174/157340210793611668

Figure 13. VSMC during aging.

Figure 13

A. Growth curves of VSMC cultured from young and old rat aortae. The number of VSMC obtained from old rats was significantly higher at days 3, 7 and 14. From Li Z et al [5]. B. Chemotatic response to a PDGF-BB gradient is increased in early passage VSMC from the aortic media of old rats compared with those from younger rats VSMC within the older aorta are "primed" to respond to the growth factor. From Pauly RR et al [84].