cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation

I. Involved cell types

Genes
Cell types
No. of supported studies
Group 1
MYOCDGATA6
cardiac muscle cell
5 studies
Group 2
MESP1
glial cellneuronepithelial cellsecretory cell
6 studies
Group 3
SRF
epithelial cell
6 studies

II. Literature review

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Namecardiac vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation
IDGO_0060947
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Biological process

Exact synonym

heart vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation

Description

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell. A cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell covers the heart vasculature and lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers.

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Genes
MYOCDSRFMESP1GATA6