Generation of Fibrin-Based Three-Dimensional Engineered Vascular Tissues from Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells for Proteomic Analysis.
Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) reside within the medial layer of blood vessels, where they interact with an extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of collagen, elastin, and proteoglycans to maintain vascular structure and function. Aberrant ECM remodeling contributes to multiple vascular diseases; however, convention...