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Transcriptomic, Specific Marker, and Pathway Analysis of Smooth Muscle Cell Foam Cells Relative to Macrophage Foam Cells in Human Atherosclerosis
Sima Allahverdian, Yuancheng Mao, Pinhao Xiang…·Gordon A. Francis
Smooth muscle foam cells in early-to-intermediate human coronary plaques map to fibromyocytes, express CFH and SERPINE1 unlike macrophage foam cells, and show matrix, coagulation and angiogenesis programs.