Protein Information

Name smooth muscle actin
Synonyms ACTC; ACTC 1; ACTC1; Alpha cardiac actin; CMD1R; Smooth muscle actin; Alpha cardiac actins; Smooth muscle actins

Compound Information

Name MAA
CAS methylarsonic acid

Reference List

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7504453 Ruiter DJ, Schlingemann RO, Westphal JR, Denijn M, Rietveld FJ, De Waal RM: Angiogenesis in wound healing and tumor metastasis. . Behring Inst Mitt. 1993 Aug;(92):258-72.


Within the context of the microvasculature alpha-smooth muscle actin and the HMW-MAA chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan are useful markers for pericytes.
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18032392 Shujia J, Haider HK, Idris NM, Lu G, Ashraf M: Stable therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cell-based multiple gene delivery for cardiac repair. Cardiovasc Res. 2008 Feb 1;77(3):525-33. Epub 2007 Nov 21.


Blood vessel maturation index as determined by double-fluorescent immunostaining for vWFactor VIII and smooth muscle actin showed that most of the newly formed vessels matured to develop a smooth muscle covering in MAA group.
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1694058 Schlingemann RO, Rietveld FJ, de Waal RM, Ferrone S, Ruiter DJ: Expression of the high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen by pericytes during angiogenesis in tumors and in healing wounds. Am J Pathol. 1990 Jun;136(6):1393-405.


In these lesions, microvascular staining for another marker of pericytes, ie, alpha-smooth muscle actin, also was observed.
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