Human Internal Thoracic Artery Smooth Muscle Cells: HITASMC, adult

Human Internal Thoracic Smooth Muscle Cells (HITASMC) are derived from the normal internal thoracic arteries (formerly called internal mammary arteries).HITASMC, along with Human Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells, both from Cell Applications, Inc. have been used to investigate the gene expression differences between smooth muscle cells from different arteries, underlying their differential response to injuries and proliferation stimuli (Lange, 2013).Characterization: positive for smooth muscle cell specific alpha-actin expression.