Athero-Oncology: Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Tumor-Like Transformation in Atherosclerosis and Therapeutic Opportunities.
Atherosclerosis (AS) is the main pathological basis of cardiovascular diseases, and its pathogenesis and treatment strategies remain major challenges. Recent advances in single-cell RNA sequencing and lineage tracing have revealed that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are not merely passive structural components of...