Cell subtype · L1S
SMC.smooth_muscle_cell
7,960 cells in the full atlas (not the displayed sample).
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Marker genes
ACTA2, TAGLN, MYH11, CNN1, SMTN
Annotation genes
ACTA2, TAGLN, MYH11
Annotation rationales
This identity denotes smooth muscle cells with a non-striated actomyosin contractile apparatus.
Functional implications
They regulate vessel and organ tone and can adopt reparative, proliferative or matrix-producing phenotypes following injury.
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