What is it about?
At a common surgery to overcome coronary artery occlusion a tiny piece of aortic tissue is excised from aorta and usually is thrown away. These leftovers could be efficiently used as a source of aortic smooth muscle cells, which alternatively are obtained from cadavers. Cadavers are not easy to obtain in the laboratory purposes. Thus, this alternative source represents some advantages.
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Why is it important?
It is important to have an alternative to cadavers source of the cells
Perspectives
In perspective scientists could use these source of the smooth muscle cells to study different pathologies.
Anna Malashicheva
Almazov National Medical Research Centre
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This page is a summary of: Aortic Graft at Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery as a Source of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells, Cell Transplantation, October 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0963689717721226.
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