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Title
Contribution of serum response factor and myocardin to transcriptional regulation of smoothelins.
Authors
Rensen, Sander S M; Niessen, Petra M G; Long, Xiaochun; Doevendans, Pieter A; Miano, Joseph M; van Eys, Guillaume J J M
Abstract
Smoothelin-A and -B isoforms are highly restricted to contractile smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Serum response factor (SRF) and myocardin are essential for contractile SMC differentiation. We evaluated the contribution of SRF/myocardin to transcriptional regulation of smoothelins.